Bioinspired Multifunctional Cellular Plastics with a Negative Poisson’s Ratio for High‐Energy Dissipation

Smart Sponge for Fast Liquid Absorption and Thermal Responsive Self‐Squeezing

(2020) Ying Cui et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multifunctional polyimide aerogel textile inspired by polar bear hair for thermoregulation in extreme environments

(2020) Yujie Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

A superhydrophobic textile inspired by polar bear hair for both in air and underwater thermal insulation

(2020) Ziyu Shao et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

A review of multifunctional nacre-mimetic materials based on bidirectional freeze casting

(2020) Weiwei Gao et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Nacre-mimetic composite with intrinsic self-healing and shape-programming capability

(2019) Gaolai Du et al.   Nature Communications

Double-negative-index ceramic aerogels for thermal superinsulation

(2019) Xiang Xu et al.   SCIENCE

An Anisotropically High Thermal Conductive Boron Nitride/Epoxy Composite Based on Nacre‐Mimetic 3D Network

(2019) Jingkai Han et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Design and Development of Advanced BaTiO3/MWCNTs/PVDF Multi-layered Systems for Microwave Applications

(2019) Ilaria Cacciotti et al.   COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

Tortuosity Index Based on Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Polyimide Foam for Aerospace Applications

(2019) Sugeily Flores-Bonano et al.   Materials

Stiffness, Energy Dissipation and Hyperelasticity in Hierarchical Multilayer Composite Nanocoated Open Cell Polyurethane Foams

(2019) Francesca Cura’ et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

The Development of a New Shock Absorbing Uniaxial Graded Auxetic Damper (UGAD)

(2019) Hasan Al-Rifaie et al.   Materials

A Thermally Insulating Textile Inspired by Polar Bear Hair

(2018) Ying Cui et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Five-dimensional imaging of freezing emulsions with solute effects

(2018) Dmytro Dedovets et al.   SCIENCE

Ultralight and fire-resistant ceramic nanofibrous aerogels with temperature-invariant superelasticity

(2018) Yang Si et al.   Science Advances

Processing bulk natural wood into a high-performance structural material

(2018) Jianwei Song et al.   NATURE

Bioinspired polymeric woods

(2018) Zhi-Long Yu et al.   Science Advances

Molecular Radical Chain Initiators for Ambient‐ to Low‐Temperature Applications

(2018) Anna Székely et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Effect of pore size distribution on compressive behavior of moderately expanded low-density polyethylene foams

(2018) Takashi Uneyama et al.   POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE

Effects of cell size and cell wall thickness variations on the strength of closed-cell foams

(2017) Youming Chen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Compressive response of PMMA microcellular foams at low and high strain rates

(2017) Ruizhi Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Natural frequencies and damping ratios of multi-layered laminated glass beams using a dynamic effective thickness

(2017) F Pelayo et al.   JOURNAL OF SANDWICH STRUCTURES & MATERIALS

Polyurethane Composite Foams in High-Performance Applications: A Review

(2017) Ayesha Kausar   POLYMER-PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING

Structured Macroporous Hydrogels: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

(2017) Kevin J. De France et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Cellulose Nanofiber as a Distinct Structure-Directing Agent for Xylem-like Microhoneycomb Monoliths by Unidirectional Freeze-Drying

(2016) Zheng-Ze Pan et al.   ACS Nano

Room-Temperature, Near-Instantaneous Fabrication of Auxetic Materials with Constant Poisson's Ratio over Large Deformation

(2016) Yan Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

3D Printing of Emulsions and Foams into Hierarchical Porous Ceramics

(2016) Clara Minas et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hyperbolically Patterned 3D Graphene Metamaterial with Negative Poisson's Ratio and Superelasticity

(2016) Qiangqiang Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biomimetic gradient scaffold from ice-templating for self-seeding of cells with capillary effect

(2015) Hao Bai et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Additive manufacturing of polymer-derived ceramics

(2015) Z. C. Eckel et al.   SCIENCE

Bioinspired large-scale aligned porous materials assembled with dual temperature gradients

(2015) H. Bai et al.   Science Advances

Three-Dimensional Printing of Elastomeric, Cellular Architectures with Negative Stiffness

(2014) Eric B. Duoss et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

3D-Printing of Lightweight Cellular Composites

(2014) Brett G. Compton et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design and development of novel bio-based functionally graded foams for enhanced acoustic capabilities

(2014) Shahrzad Ghaffari Mosanenzadeh et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Bioinspired structural materials

(2014) Ulrike G. K. Wegst et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Thermally insulating and fire-retardant lightweight anisotropic foams based on nanocellulose and graphene oxide

(2014) Bernd Wicklein et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Aligned porous stimuli-responsive hydrogels via directional freezing and frozen UV initiated polymerization

(2013) Michael Barrow et al.   Soft Matter

Anisotropic volume change of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based hydrogels with an aligned dual-network microstructure

(2012) Jingjun Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

The Stomatopod Dactyl Club: A Formidable Damage-Tolerant Biological Hammer

(2012) J. C. Weaver et al.   SCIENCE

Preparation of poly(ethylene glycol) aligned porous cryogels using a unidirectional freezing technique

(2012) Jingjun Wu et al.   Soft Matter

Poisson's ratio and modern materials

(2011) G. N. Greaves et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Cryostructuration as a tool for preparing highly porous polymer materials

(2011) Harald Kirsebom et al.   Polymer Chemistry

On the Mechanistic Origins of Toughness in Bone

(2010) Maximilien E. Launey et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Mechanical adaptation of biological materials — The examples of bone and wood

(2010) Richard Weinkamer et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Film drainage and coalescence between deformable drops and bubbles

(2010) Derek Y. C. Chan et al.   Soft Matter

Physical and thermal effects on the shape memory behaviour of auxetic open cell foams

(2009) M. Bianchi et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation

(2009) Peter Fratzl et al.   NATURE

Investigation of redox initiators for free radical frontal polymerization

(2009) Huan Yu et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Ice-Templated Materials: Sophisticated Structures Exhibiting Enhanced Functionalities Obtained after Unidirectional Freezing and Ice-Segregation-Induced Self-Assembly†

(2008) María C. Gutiérrez et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Polypropylene foam behaviour under dynamic loadings: Strain rate, density and microstructure effects

(2008) Rémy Bouix et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPACT ENGINEERING

Stiffness and energy dissipation in polyurethane auxetic foams

(2008) Matteo Bianchi et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Designing the energy absorption capacity of functionally graded foam materials

(2008) Liang Cui et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING