Growing Living Composites with Ordered Microstructures and Exceptional Mechanical Properties

Lightweight, tough, and sustainable cellulose nanofiber-derived bulk structural materials with low thermal expansion coefficient

(2020) Qing-Fang Guan et al.   Science Advances

Discontinuous fibrous Bouligand architecture enabling formidable fracture resistance with crack orientation insensitivity

(2020) Kaijin Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sporosarcina pasteurii can form nanoscale calcium carbonate crystals on cell surface

(2019) Tanushree Ghosh et al.   PLoS One

Electrically assisted 3D printing of nacre-inspired structures with self-sensing capability

(2019) Yang Yang et al.   Science Advances

Multiscale Toughening Mechanisms in Biological Materials and Bioinspired Designs

(2019) Wei Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Impact-resistant nacre-like transparent materials

(2019) Z. Yin et al.   SCIENCE

Recent Advances in Intrinsic Self-Healing Cementitious Materials

(2018) Wenting Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Engineered Living Materials: Prospects and Challenges for Using Biological Systems to Direct the Assembly of Smart Materials

(2018) Peter Q. Nguyen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Crack twisting and toughening strategies in Bouligand architectures

(2018) Nobphadon Suksangpanya et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Rotational 3D printing of damage-tolerant composites with programmable mechanics

(2018) Jordan R. Raney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Review of Self-Healing Concrete for Damage Management of Structures

(2018) Nele De Belie et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Twisting cracks in Bouligand structures

(2017) Nobphadon Suksangpanya et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Abiotic tooth enamel

(2017) Bongjun Yeom et al.   NATURE

Mass production of bulk artificial nacre with excellent mechanical properties

(2017) Huai-Ling Gao et al.   Nature Communications

3D printing of bacteria into functional complex materials

(2017) Manuel Schaffner et al.   Science Advances

3D printed bionic nanodevices

(2016) Yong Lin Kong et al.   Nano Today

Synthetic nacre by predesigned matrix-directed mineralization

(2016) L.-B. Mao et al.   SCIENCE

Bio-inspired self-shaping ceramics

(2016) Fabio L. Bargardi et al.   Nature Communications

Formations of calcium carbonate minerals by bacteria and its multiple applications

(2016) Periasamy Anbu et al.   SpringerPlus

Magnetically assisted slip casting of bioinspired heterogeneous composites

(2015) Hortense Le Ferrand et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Designing bioinspired composite reinforcement architectures via 3D magnetic printing

(2015) Joshua J. Martin et al.   Nature Communications

Strong, tough and stiff bioinspired ceramics from brittle constituents

(2014) Florian Bouville et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Bioinspired structural materials

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

25th Anniversary Article: Artificial Carbonate Nanocrystals and Layered Structural Nanocomposites Inspired by Nacre: Synthesis, Fabrication and Applications

(2013) Hong-Bin Yao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

3D Printed Bionic Ears

(2013) Manu S. Mannoor et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-shaping composites with programmable bioinspired microstructures

(2013) Randall M. Erb et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanical adaptability of the Bouligand-type structure in natural dermal armour

(2013) Elizabeth A. Zimmermann et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2012) J. C. Weaver et al.   SCIENCE

Composites Reinforced in Three Dimensions by Using Low Magnetic Fields

(2012) R. M. Erb et al.   SCIENCE

Tablet-level origin of toughening in abalone shells and translation to synthetic composite materials

(2011) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   Nature Communications

The true toughness of human cortical bone measured with realistically short cracks

(2008) K. J. Koester et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Bioinspired Design and Assembly of Platelet Reinforced Polymer Films

(2008) L. J. Bonderer et al.   SCIENCE

Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials

(2008) E. Munch et al.   SCIENCE

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

(2007) Marc André Meyers et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE