TY - GEN AU - Nalepka, Kinga AU - Berent, Katarzyna AU - Strag, Martyna AU - Checa González, Antonio G. AU - Petrzak, Paweł AU - Bieda, Magdalena AU - Sztwiertnia, Krzysztof PY - 2025 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/10481/107730 AB - The high performance of biocomposites largely stems from their ability to self-organize. Our research on the Pteria penguin reveals a hierarchical columnar calcitic (CC) microstructure essential to its mechanical properties. Electron backscatter... LA - eng PB - Elsevier KW - Biocomposite KW - Mollusk shells KW - Organic matrix TI - Energy-driven microstructure and mechanical properties of mineral-organic biocomposite - Pteria penguin shell DO - 10.1016/j.matdes.2025.114948 ER -