Biomimetics: lessons from nature-an overview

Bioinspired Materials for Self-Cleaning and Self-Healing

(2011) Jeffrey P. Youngblood et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Biomimetic design of materials and biomaterials inspired by the structure of nacre

(2009) G. M Luz et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Biomimicry as a route to new materials: what kinds of lessons are useful?

(2009) E. J Reed et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Cellulose fibrils direct plant organ movements

(2008) Peter Fratzl et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Ultrastructure and physical properties of an adhesive surface, the toe pad epithelium of the tree frog, Litoria caerulea White

(2008) I. Scholz et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Structures in the cell wall that enable hygroscopic movement of wheat awns

(2008) Rivka Elbaum et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

When the cracks begin to show

(2008) Peter Fratzl   NATURE MATERIALS

Stress generation in the tension wood of poplar is based on the lateral swelling power of the G-layer

(2008) Luna Goswami et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials

(2008) E. Munch et al.   SCIENCE