{"id":89854,"date":"2019-04-23T11:42:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T18:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/researchers-create-artificial-mother-of-pearl-using-bacteria"},"modified":"2019-04-23T11:42:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T18:42:29","slug":"researchers-create-artificial-mother-of-pearl-using-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/researchers-create-artificial-mother-of-pearl-using-bacteria","title":{"rendered":"Researchers create artificial mother-of-pearl using bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mj-kr-Sjo0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The strongest synthetic materials are often those that intentionally mimic nature.<\/p>\n<p>One natural substance scientists have looked to in creating <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/synthetic+materials\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">synthetic materials<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/nacre\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">nacre<\/a>, also known as mother-of-pearl. An exceptionally tough, stiff material produced by some mollusks and serving as their inner shell layer, it also comprises the outer layer of pearls, giving them their lustrous shine.<\/p>\n<p>But while nacre\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/unique+properties\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">unique properties<\/a> make it an ideal inspiration in the creation of synthetic <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/materials\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">materials<\/a>, most methods used to produce artificial nacre are complex and energy intensive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-04-artificial-mother-of-pearl-bacteria.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The strongest synthetic materials are often those that intentionally mimic nature. One natural substance scientists have looked to in creating synthetic materials is nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl. An exceptionally tough, stiff material produced by some mollusks and serving as their inner shell layer, it also comprises the outer layer of pearls, giving them their [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}