“ The complexity we have observed in nacre at the nanoscale is quite amazing and seems likely to be a critical determinant of the toughness of the material, ” says Christine Ortiz, associate professor of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
” Kompleksitas indung mutiara yang kita amati dalam skala nano itu sangat menakjubkan dan kemungkinan besar merupakan faktor penyebab kerasnya cangkang tersebut, ” kata Christine Ortiz, lektor kepala madya Fakultas Sains dan Rekayasa Materi di Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AS.