A designer’s challenge: Unraveling the architected structure of deep sea sponges for lattice mechanical metamaterials

Machine-learning-accelerated design of functional structural components in deep-sea soft robots

(2022) Shunyu Yin et al.   Extreme Mechanics Letters

Tensile and fracture behavior of silica fibers from the Venus flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum)

(2022) Swapnil Morankar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Impact behavior of nanoengineered, 3D printed plate-lattices

(2021) J. Jefferson Andrew et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Strong and Tough Bioinspired Additive-Manufactured Dual-Phase Mechanical Metamaterial Composites

(2021) Sha Yin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Extreme flow simulations reveal skeletal adaptations of deep-sea sponges

(2021) Giacomo Falcucci et al.   NATURE

Microstructural design for mechanical–optical multifunctionality in the exoskeleton of the flower beetle Torynorrhina flammea

(2021) Zian Jia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Out-of-plane deformation reduction via inelastic hinges in fibrous metamaterials and simplified damage approach

(2021) Mario Spagnuolo et al.   MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

Inverse Design of Mechanical Metamaterials That Undergo Buckling

(2020) Giorgio Oliveri et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Extreme mechanical resilience of self-assembled nanolabyrinthine materials

(2020) Carlos M. Portela et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

4D printing of personalized shape memory polymer vascular stents with negative Poisson’s ratio structure: A preliminary study

(2020) Cheng Lin et al.   Science China-Technological Sciences

Are higher-gradient models also capable of predicting mechanical behavior in the case of wide-knit pantographic structures?

(2020) Mario Spagnuolo et al.   MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

Toughening mechanisms of the elytra of the diabolical ironclad beetle

(2020) Jesus Rivera et al.   NATURE

Mechanically robust lattices inspired by deep-sea glass sponges

(2020) Matheus C. Fernandes et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Multiscale modelling of soft lattice metamaterials: Micromechanical nonlinear buckling analysis, experimental verification, and macroscale constitutive behaviour

(2020) M. Jamshidian et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES

Static bending analysis of functionally graded polymer composite curved beams reinforced with carbon nanotubes

(2020) Pouyan Talebizadehsardari et al.   THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES

Biomineral armor in leaf-cutter ants

(2020) Hongjie Li et al.   Nature Communications

Damage-tolerant architected materials inspired by crystal microstructure

(2019) Minh-Son Pham et al.   NATURE

Mesoscale laser 3D printing

(2019) Linas Jonušauskas et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Multiscale Toughening Mechanisms in Biological Materials and Bioinspired Designs

(2019) Wei Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Architected metamaterials with tailored 3D buckling mechanisms at the microscale

(2019) Zacharias Vangelatos et al.   Extreme Mechanics Letters

An analytical and finite element study on the mechanical properties of irregular hexachiral honeycombs

(2018) Luke Mizzi et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Self-Assembled Biomolecular 1D Nanostructures for Aqueous Sodium-Ion Battery

(2018) Huiwu Long et al.   Advanced Science

Guided Assembly of Block Copolymers in Three-Dimensional Woodpile Scaffolds

(2018) Jaewon Choi et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Lessons from the Ocean: Whale Baleen Fracture Resistance

(2018) Bin Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

External fields for the fabrication of highly mineralized hierarchical architectures

(2018) Hortense Le Ferrand   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Functional trade-off between strength and thermal capacity of dermal armor: Insights from girdled lizards

(2017) Chris Broeckhoven et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Large deformations of planar extensible beams and pantographic lattices: heuristic homogenization, experimental and numerical examples of equilibrium

(2016) F. dell’Isola et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Functional anatomy of the explosive defensive system of bombardier beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Brachininae)

(2015) Andrea Di Giulio et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Biomimicry at the nanoscale: current research and perspectives of two-photon polymerization

(2015) Attilio Marino et al.   Nanoscale

New functional insights into the internal architecture of the laminated anchor spicules ofEuplectella aspergillum

(2015) Michael A. Monn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Protective role of Arapaima gigas fish scales: Structure and mechanical behavior

(2014) Wen Yang et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

The Japanese jewel beetle: a painter's challenge

(2013) Franziska Schenk et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Mineralized self-assembled peptides on 3D laser-made scaffolds: a new route toward ‘scaffold on scaffold’ hard tissue engineering

(2013) Konstantina Terzaki et al.   Biofabrication

Experimental investigation on deformation and strength of carbon/epoxy laminated curved beams

(2012) Wenfeng Hao et al.   POLYMER TESTING

Genetic, biological and structural hierarchies during sponge spicule formation: from soft sol–gels to solid 3D silica composite structures

(2012) Xiaohong Wang et al.   Soft Matter

Calcite Reinforced Silica-Silica Joints in the Biocomposite Skeleton of Deep-Sea Glass Sponges

(2011) Hermann Ehrlich et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Structural hierarchies define toughness and defect-tolerance despite simple and mechanically inferior brittle building blocks

(2011) Dipanjan Sen et al.   Scientific Reports

Fibrillar peptide gels in biotechnology and biomedicine

(2010) Jangwook P. Jung et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

NanoSIMS: Insights into the Organization of the Proteinaceous Scaffold within Hexactinellid Sponge Spicules

(2010) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Shark-skin surfaces for fluid-drag reduction in turbulent flow: a review

(2010) B. Dean et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Topology optimization of truss-like continua with different material properties in tension and compression

(2010) Osvaldo Maximo Querin et al.   STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION

Effects of Laminate Architecture on Fracture Resistance of Sponge Biosilica: Lessons from Nature

(2008) Ali Miserez et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bioorganic/inorganic hybrid composition of sponge spicules: Matrix of the giant spicules and of the comitalia of the deep sea hexactinellid Monorhaphis

(2007) Werner E.G. Müller et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Directed Three-Dimensional Patterning of Self-Assembled Peptide Fibrils

(2007) Valentina Dinca et al.   NANO LETTERS