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. 2015 Dec 8;5:17865. doi: 10.1038/srep17865

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(a) Stiffness (E) and (b) strength (σ_th) contour maps of each constituent layer of the proposed heterogeneous composite. The stiffness and strength as a function of aspect ratio and volume fraction of mineral platelets are predicted by the shear lag model²⁴,⁵⁵. The regions surrounded by the red ellipses in (a) and (b) indicate the stiffness and strength of the constituent layers of the proposed heterogeneous composites, respectively.