Cellulose-Based Biomimetics and Their Applications

Two negative minima of the first normal stress difference in a cellulose-based cholesteric liquid crystal: Helix uncoiling

(2017) Coro Echeverria et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

A Simple and Versatile Strategy To Improve the Mechanical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites with Cellulose Nanocrystals

(2017) Worarin Meesorn et al.   MACROMOLECULES

CUTIN SYNTHASE 2 Maintains Progressively Developing Cuticular Ridges in Arabidopsis Sepals

(2017) Lilan Hong et al.   Molecular Plant

Interactions between colour-producing mechanisms and their effects on the integumentary colour palette

(2017) Matthew D. Shawkey et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Kinematic amplification strategies in plants and engineering

(2017) Victor Charpentier et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Multiple-wavelength surface patterns in models of biological chiral liquid crystal membranes

(2017) P. Rofouie et al.   Soft Matter

Hygroscopic motions of fossil conifer cones

(2017) Simon Poppinga et al.   Scientific Reports

How the pine seeds attach to/detach from the pine cone scale?

(2017) Kahye Song et al.   Frontiers in Life Science

Development of structural colour in leaf beetles

(2017) Olimpia D. Onelli et al.   Scientific Reports

Mind the Microgap in Iridescent Cellulose Nanocrystal Films

(2016) Susete N. Fernandes et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly Anisotropic, Highly Transparent Wood Composites

(2016) Mingwei Zhu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ultrafast Digital Printing toward 4D Shape Changing Materials

(2016) Limei Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Correlation between structural properties and iridescent colors of cellulose nanocrystalline films

(2016) M. Ličen et al.   CELLULOSE

Biomimetic water-collecting materials inspired by nature

(2016) Hai Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Hard Photonic Glasses and Corundum Nanostructured Films from Aluminothermic Reduction of Helicoidal Mesoporous Silicas

(2016) Thanh-Dinh Nguyen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Helical growth in plant organs: mechanisms and significance

(2016) David R. Smyth   DEVELOPMENT

Dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystal light shutter with a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal film

(2016) Seung-Won Oh et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Hygroscopic study of hydroxypropylcellulose

(2016) M. H. Godinho et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Effect of cellulose nanocrystals in a cellulosic liquid crystal behaviour under low shear (regime I): Structure and molecular dynamics

(2016) Coro Echeverria et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Vision, applications and future challenges of Internet of Things

(2016) Deepa Mishra et al.   INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS

Morphing in nature and beyond: a review of natural and synthetic shape-changing materials and mechanisms

(2016) Kate Oliver et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

A 3D micromechanical study of hygroscopic coiling deformation in Pelargonium seed: from material and mechanics perspective

(2016) Che Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Structural colour from helicoidal cell-wall architecture in fruits ofMargaritaria nobilis

(2016) Silvia Vignolini et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Biomimetic 4D printing

(2016) A. Sydney Gladman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Sensing surface morphology of biofibers by decorating spider silk and cellulosic filaments with nematic microdroplets

(2016) Luis E. Aguirre et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure and transformation of tactoids in cellulose nanocrystal suspensions

(2016) Pei-Xi Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Evaluation of force generation mechanisms in natural, passive hydraulic actuators

(2016) A. Le Duigou et al.   Scientific Reports

Structural Color in Marine Algae

(2016) Chris J. Chandler et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Biocompatible and Sustainable Optical Strain Sensors for Large-Area Applications

(2016) Gen Kamita et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

A bio-inspired cellulose nanocrystal-based nanocomposite photonic film with hyper-reflection and humidity-responsive actuator properties

(2016) Tianhang Wu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Liquid-induced colour change in a beetle: the concept of a photonic cell

(2016) Sébastien R. Mouchet et al.   Scientific Reports

Carbon Nanotubes as Reinforcement of Cellulose Liquid Crystalline Responsive Networks

(2015) Coro Echeverria et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Droplets of cellulose nanocrystal suspensions on drying give iridescent 3-D “coffee-stain” rings

(2015) Xiaoyue Mu et al.   CELLULOSE

Hard-templating of Prussian blue analogues in mesoporous silica and organosilica

(2015) Pei-Xi Wang et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

A cellulosic liquid crystal pool for cellulose nanocrystals: Structure and molecular dynamics at high shear rates

(2015) Coro Echeverria et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Tunable nano-wrinkling of chiral surfaces: Structure and diffraction optics

(2015) P. Rofouie et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Chiral nematic porous germania and germanium/carbon films

(2015) Jing Xu et al.   Nanoscale

Rheo-NMR study of water-based cellulose liquid crystal system at high shear rates

(2015) Coro Echeverria et al.   POLYMER

Photonic crystals cause active colour change in chameleons

(2015) Jérémie Teyssier et al.   Nature Communications

Chiral Nematic Structure of Cellulose Nanocrystal Suspensions and Films; Polarized Light and Atomic Force Microscopy

(2015) Derek Gray et al.   Materials

Journey of water in pine cones

(2015) Kahye Song et al.   Scientific Reports

Moisture-responsive films of cellulose stearoyl esters showing reversible shape transitions

(2015) Kai Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Hydro-Responsive Curling of the Resurrection Plant Selaginella lepidophylla

(2015) Ahmad Rafsanjani et al.   Scientific Reports

Dynamics of Hydration of Nanocellulose Films

(2015) Paolo Bettotti et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Sensitive Humidity-Driven Reversible and Bidirectional Bending of Nanocellulose Thin Films as Bio-Inspired Actuation

(2015) Miao Wang et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Study of petal topography ofLysimachia arvensisgrown under natural conditions

(2015) Sophia Rhizopoulou et al.   ACTA BOTANICA GALLICA

Digital Color in Cellulose Nanocrystal Films

(2014) Ahu Gümrah Dumanli et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Healable, Stable and Stiff Hydrogels: Combining Conflicting Properties Using Dynamic and Selective Three-Component Recognition with Reinforcing Cellulose Nanorods

(2014) Jason R. McKee et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Responsive Mesoporous Photonic Cellulose Films by Supramolecular Cotemplating

(2014) Michael Giese et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Functional Materials from Cellulose-Derived Liquid-Crystal Templates

(2014) Michael Giese et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Structural origins of morphing in plant tissues

(2014) Benny Bar-On et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nature's moisture harvesters: a comparative review

(2014) F T Malik et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Isolation and handedness of helical coiled cellulosic thickenings from plant petiole tracheary elements

(2014) Derek G. Gray   CELLULOSE

Macroscopic Control of Helix Orientation in Films Dried from Cholesteric Liquid-Crystalline Cellulose Nanocrystal Suspensions

(2014) Ji Hyun Park et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Self-burial Mechanics of Hygroscopically Responsive Awns

(2014) W. Jung et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

The flower ofHibiscus trionumis both visibly and measurably iridescent

(2014) Silvia Vignolini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Insights into the microstructures of hygroscopic movement in plant seed dispersal

(2014) Rivka Elbaum et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Cellulose nanocrystal-based materials: from liquid crystal self-assembly and glass formation to multifunctional thin films

(2014) Jan P F Lagerwall et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Qualitative correlation between structural chirality through the cuticle of Chrysina aurigans scarabs and left-handed circular polarization of the reflected light

(2014) M. Hernández-Jiménez et al.   Optical Materials Express

Bright-White Beetle Scales Optimise Multiple Scattering of Light

(2014) Matteo Burresi et al.   Scientific Reports

Active Printed Materials for Complex Self-Evolving Deformations

(2014) Dan Raviv et al.   Scientific Reports

Water-Responsive Mechanically Adaptive Nanocomposites Based on Styrene–Butadiene Rubber and Cellulose Nanocrystals—Processing Matters

(2013) Pratheep K. Annamalai et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bio-Inspired Band-Gap Tunable Elastic Optical Multilayer Fibers

(2013) Mathias Kolle et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired Conical Copper Wire with Gradient Wettability for Continuous and Efficient Fog Collection

(2013) Jie Ju et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Surface microstructures of daisy florets (Asteraceae) and characterization of their anisotropic wetting

(2013) Kerstin Koch et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Chameleons communicate with complex colour changes during contests: different body regions convey different information

(2013) R. A. Ligon et al.   Biology Letters

Analysing photonic structures in plants

(2013) S. Vignolini et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Bioinspired Helical Microswimmers Based on Vascular Plants

(2013) Wei Gao et al.   NANO LETTERS

Disordered photonics

(2013) Diederik S. Wiersma   Nature Photonics

Hygroscopic movements in Geraniaceae: the structural variations that are responsible for coiling or bending

(2013) Yael Abraham et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Physicochemical Basis for Water-Actuated Movement and Stress Generation in Nonliving Plant Tissues

(2013) L. Bertinetti et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Membrane invaginations facilitate reversible water flux driving tunable iridescence in a dynamic biophotonic system

(2013) D. G. DeMartini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The walk and jump of Equisetum spores

(2013) P. Marmottant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cellulose Perversions

(2013) João Canejo et al.   Materials

Structural coloration in nature

(2013) Jiyu Sun et al.   RSC Advances

A cellulose liquid crystal motor: a steam engine of the second kind

(2013) Yong Geng et al.   Scientific Reports

Hierarchical chirality transfer in the growth of Towel Gourd tendrils

(2013) Jian-Shan Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Biomimetic Reflectors Fabricated Using Self-Organising, Self-Aligning Liquid Crystal Polymers

(2012) Ariosto Matranga et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with a Broad Light Reflection Band

(2012) Michel Mitov   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A new era for liquid crystal research: Applications of liquid crystals in soft matter nano-, bio- and microtechnology

(2012) Jan P.F. Lagerwall et al.   CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS

Buckling as an origin of ordered cuticular patterns in flower petals

(2012) R. L. Antoniou Kourounioti et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Structural Color and Iridescence in Transparent Sheared Cellulosic Films

(2012) Susete N. Fernandes et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Emergence of Spontaneous Twist and Curvature in Non-Euclidean Rods: Application toErodiumPlant Cells

(2012) Hillel Aharoni et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Pointillist structural color in Pollia fruit

(2012) S. Vignolini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How the Cucumber Tendril Coils and Overwinds

(2012) S. J. Gerbode et al.   SCIENCE

The Fern Sporangium: A Unique Catapult

(2012) X. Noblin et al.   SCIENCE

Controlling Water Capture of Bioinspired Fibers with Hump Structures

(2011) Xuelin Tian et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controlled Fabrication and Water Collection Ability of Bioinspired Artificial Spider Silks

(2011) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Chiral Nematic Mesoporous Carbon Derived From Nanocrystalline Cellulose

(2011) Kevin E. Shopsowitz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Chemistry and applications of nanocrystalline cellulose and its derivatives: A nanotechnology perspective

(2011) B. L. Peng et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

A new approach for patterning epiclon-based polyimide precursor films using a lyotropic liquid crystal template

(2011) Andreea Irina Cosutchi et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH

Chiral Nematic Assemblies of Silver Nanoparticles in Mesoporous Silica Thin Films

(2011) Hao Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tilted cellulose arrangement as a novel mechanism for hygroscopic coiling in the stork's bill awn

(2011) Y. Abraham et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Rheology and Phase Behavior of Lyotropic Cellulose Nanocrystal Suspensions

(2011) Esteban E. Ureña-Benavides et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Complex pigment evolution in the Caryophyllales

(2011) Samuel F. Brockington et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Geometry and Mechanics in the Opening of Chiral Seed Pods

(2011) S. Armon et al.   SCIENCE

Origami-like unfolding of hydro-actuated ice plant seed capsules

(2011) Matthew J. Harrington et al.   Nature Communications

Multicolor Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal

(2010) Naomi Kumano et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Liquid-Crystal Templating in Ammonia: A Facile Route to Micro- and Mesoporous Metal Nitride/Carbon Composites

(2010) Hao Qi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The distribution of circularly polarized light reflection in the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera)

(2010) J. DAVID PYE   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Controlling the Reflection Wavelength of Iridescent Solid Films of Nanocrystalline Cellulose

(2010) Stephanie Beck et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Cellulose Nanocrystals: Chemistry, Self-Assembly, and Applications

(2010) Youssef Habibi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Mechanism of variable structural colour in the neon tetra: quantitative evaluation of the Venetian blind model

(2010) S. Yoshioka et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

The Structural Color of Red Rose Petals and Their Duplicates

(2010) Lin Feng et al.   LANGMUIR

Parameters Affecting the Chiral Nematic Phase of Nanocrystalline Cellulose Films

(2010) Jinhe Pan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Free-standing mesoporous silica films with tunable chiral nematic structures

(2010) Kevin E. Shopsowitz et al.   NATURE

Directional water collection on wetted spider silk

(2010) Yongmei Zheng et al.   NATURE

Multiple-length-scale elastic instability mimics parametric resonance of nonlinear oscillators

(2010) Fabian Brau et al.   Nature Physics

Foldable structures and the natural design of pollen grains

(2010) Eleni Katifori et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-winding of helices in plant tendrils and cellulose liquid crystal fibers

(2010) M. H. Godinho et al.   Soft Matter

Stimuli-Responsive Mechanically Adaptive Polymer Nanocomposites

(2009) Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Electrically Controllable Selective Reflection of Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal/Chiral Ionic Liquid Composites

(2009) Wang Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Moving with climbing plants from Charles Darwin's time into the 21st century

(2009) S. Isnard et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Gelatinous fibers are widespread in coiling tendrils and twining vines

(2009) Andrew J. Bowling et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Electro-optical light scattering shutter using electrospun cellulose-based nano- and microfibers

(2009) P. L. Almeida et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Multicolor Polymer Disperse Microencapsulated Liquid Crystal Displays

(2009) Kuo Feng Chen et al.   Journal of Display Technology

Morphological and structural-rheological relationship in epiclon-based polyimide/hydroxypropylcellulose blend systems

(2009) Andreea Irina Cosutchi et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH

A protean palette: colour materials and mixing in birds and butterflies

(2009) M. D Shawkey et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Scale coloration change following water absorption in the beetleHoplia coerulea(Coleoptera)

(2009) Marie Rassart et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Evolutionary Photonics with a Twist

(2009) Pete Vukusic   SCIENCE

Floral Iridescence, Produced by Diffractive Optics, Acts As a Cue for Animal Pollinators

(2009) H. M. Whitney et al.   SCIENCE

Structural Origin of Circularly Polarized Iridescence in Jeweled Beetles

(2009) Vivek Sharma et al.   SCIENCE

How to mimic the shapes of plant tendrils on the nano and microscale: spirals and helices of electrospun liquid crystalline cellulose derivatives

(2009) M. H. Godinho et al.   Soft Matter

Helical Twisting of Electrospun Liquid Crystalline Cellulose Micro- and Nanofibers

(2008) João P. Canejo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Polymer stabilized liquid crystal films reflecting both right- and left-circularly polarized light

(2008) Jinbao Guo et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

THERMOREGULATION CONSTRAINS EFFECTIVE WARNING SIGNAL EXPRESSION

(2008) Carita Lindstedt et al.   EVOLUTION

Cellulose fibrils direct plant organ movements

(2008) Peter Fratzl et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

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

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

Gold bugs and beyond: a review of iridescence and structural colour mechanisms in beetles (Coleoptera)

(2008) A. E Seago et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Phase Separation Behavior in Aqueous Suspensions of Bacterial Cellulose Nanocrystals Prepared by Sulfuric Acid Treatment

(2008) Asako Hirai et al.   LANGMUIR

Electro‐optical cells using a cellulose derivative and cholesteric liquid crystals

(2008) P. L. Almeida et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Multimodal warning signals for a multiple predator world

(2008) John M. Ratcliffe et al.   NATURE

Biosynthesis of plant pigments: anthocyanins, betalains and carotenoids

(2008) Yoshikazu Tanaka et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Physics of structural colors

(2008) S Kinoshita et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Stress and Fold Localization in Thin Elastic Membranes

(2008) L. Pocivavsek et al.   SCIENCE

Diversity of structure, morphology and wetting of plant surfaces

(2008) Kerstin Koch et al.   Soft Matter