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简介：ThespinesofpencilandlanceurchinsHeterocentrotusmammillatusandPhyllacanthusimperialiswerestudiedasamodeloflight-weightmaterialwithhighimpactresistance.Thecomplexandvariableskeletonconstruction("stereom")ofbodyandspinesofseaurchinsconsistsofhighlyporousMg-bearingcalciumcarbonate.Thisbasicallybrittlematerialwithpronouncedsingle-crystalcleavagedoesnotfracturebyspontaneouscatastrophicdevicefailurebutbygracefulfailureovertherangeoftensofmillimeterofbulkcompressioninstead.Thiswasobservedinbulkcompressiontestsandbluntindentationexperimentsonregular,infiltratedandlatexcoatedseaurchinspinesegments.MicrostructuralcharacterizationwascarriedoutusingX-raycomputertomography,opticalandscanningelectronmicroscopy.Thebehaviorisinterpretedtoresultfromthehierarchicstructureofseaurchinspinesfromthernacroscaledowntothenanoscale.Guidelinesderivedfromthisstudyseeceramicswithlayeredporosityasapossiblebiomimeticconstructionforappropriateapplications.

简介：Seaurchinspineswerechosenasamodelsystemforbiomimeticceramicsobtainedusingstarch-blendedslipcasting.Porousaluminaceramicswithcap-shapedlayerswithdifferentalternatingporositieswerefoundtohavesuperiorfracturebehaviorunderbulkcompressioncomparedtoceramicswithuniformporosity.Theyfailinacascadingmanner,absorbinghighamountsofenergyduringextendedcompressionpaths.TheporosityvariationinanotherwisesinglephasematerialmimicksthearchitecturalmicrostructuredesignofseaurchinspinesofHeterocentrotusmammillatus,whicharepromisingmodelmaterialsforimpactprotection.