Recent Progress in the Replication of Hierarchical Biological Tissues

Development of the Fibrillar and Microfibrillar Structure During Biomimetic Mineralization of Wood

(2012) Gerhard Fritz-Popovski et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biologically Enabled Syntheses of Freestanding Metallic Structures Possessing Subwavelength Pore Arrays for Extraordinary (Surface Plasmon-Mediated) Infrared Transmission

(2012) Yunnan Fang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Hierarchically Structured Porous Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage

(2012) Yu Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Silica Biomorphs: Complex Biomimetic Hybrid Materials from “Sand and Chalk”

(2012) Matthias Kellermeier et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Hydrophobic siloxane paper coatings: the effect of increasing methyl substitution

(2012) Elisa Cappelletto et al.   JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Fabrication of three-dimensional photonic crystals with tunable photonic properties by biotemplating

(2012) Daniel Van Opdenbosch et al.   Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications

Pointillist structural color in Pollia fruit

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

Bioinspired rice leaf and butterfly wing surface structures combining shark skin and lotus effects

(2012) Gregory D. Bixler et al.   Soft Matter

Chemical aspects of wood modification by sol–gel-derived silica

(2012) Brita Unger et al.   WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inducible Site-Selective Bottom-Up Assembly of Virus-Derived Nanotube Arrays on RNA-Equipped Wafers

(2011) Anna Mueller et al.   ACS Nano

Inorganic Hollow Nanotube Aerogels by Atomic Layer Deposition onto Native Nanocellulose Templates

(2011) Juuso T. Korhonen et al.   ACS Nano

Carbon auto-doping improves photocatalytic properties of biotemplated ceramics

(2011) Kai Gutbrod et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Inorganic chiral 3-D photonic crystals with bicontinuous gyroid structure replicated from butterfly wing scales

(2011) Christian Mille et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bioinspired fabrication of magneto-optic hierarchical architecture by hydrothermal process from butterfly wing

(2011) Wenhong Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS

Silica replication of the hierarchical structure of wood with nanometer precision

(2011) Daniel Van Opdenbosch et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Detection of Pure Chemical Vapors in a Thermally Cycled Porous Silica Photonic Crystal

(2011) Brian H. King et al.   LANGMUIR

Cellulose-biotemplated silica nanowires coated with a dense gold nanoparticle layer

(2011) Sabine Gruber et al.   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Biomimetics and Biotemplating of Natural Materials

(2011) Oskar Paris et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Templating Approaches Using Natural Cellular Plant Tissue

(2011) Peter Greil   MRS BULLETIN

Optical properties of SiO2 and ZnO nanostructured replicas of butterfly wing scales

(2011) Zhe Xu et al.   Nano Research

Micromechanics and ultrastructure of pyrolysed softwood cell walls

(2010) Björn Brandt et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Pummelos as Concept Generators for Biomimetically Inspired Low Weight Structures with Excellent Damping Properties

(2010) Sebastian F. Fischer et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Biotemplating of Metal Carbide Microstructures: The Magnetic Leaf

(2010) Zoë Schnepp et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biotemplate synthesis of monodispersed iron phosphate hollow microspheres

(2010) Feng Cao et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

The effect of chemical composition on microfibrillar cellulose films from wood pulps: Mechanical processing and physical properties

(2010) Kelley L. Spence et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Polysaccharides as stabilizers for the synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles

(2010) Peter R. Chang et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Template Synthesis of 3D High-Temperature Silicon-Oxycarbide and Silicon-Carbide Ceramic Photonic Crystals from Interference Lithographically Patterned Organosilicates

(2010) Yongan Xu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Silane coupling agents used for natural fiber/polymer composites: A review

(2010) Yanjun Xie et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Dynamic Molecular Structure of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar)

(2010) Marco Keiluweit et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Synthesis of Cu-doped WO3 materials with photonic structures for high performance sensors

(2010) Shenmin Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of Self-Supporting Gold Microstructures with Three-Dimensional Morphologies by Direct Replication of Diatom Templates

(2010) Yang Yu et al.   LANGMUIR

Biotemplating of BaFBr:Eu2+ for X-ray storage phosphor applications

(2010) M.H. Kostova et al.   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Facile synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles based on bacterial cellulose

(2010) Weili Hu et al.   Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials

Free-standing mesoporous silica films with tunable chiral nematic structures

(2010) Kevin E. Shopsowitz et al.   NATURE

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

Replication of wood into biomorphous nanocrystalline Y2O3:Eu3+ phosphor materials

(2010) Daniel Van Opdenbosch et al.   WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Biotemplated Hierarchical Nanostructure of Layered Double Hydroxides with Improved Photocatalysis Performance

(2009) Yufei Zhao et al.   ACS Nano

On the Stability of Amorphous Minerals in Lobster Cuticle

(2009) Ali Al-Sawalmih et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Diamond-Structured Titania Photonic-Bandgap Crystals from Biological Templates

(2009) Jeremy W. Galusha et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis and characterization of cellulose/silica hybrid materials with chemical crosslinking

(2009) Kongliang Xie et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Plants control the properties and actuation of their organs through the orientation of cellulose fibrils in their cell walls

(2009) I. Burgert et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Cellulose microfibril orientation of Picea abies and its variability at the micron-level determined by Raman imaging

(2009) N. Gierlinger et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Study of natural photonic crystals in beetle scales and their conversion into inorganic structures via a sol–gel bio-templating route

(2009) Jeremy W. Galusha et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Luminescent silica nanotubes and nanowires: Preparation from cellulose whisker templates and investigation of irradiation-induced luminescence

(2009) Hanne Scheel et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Actual versus apparent within cell wall variability of nanoindentation results from wood cell walls related to cellulose microfibril angle

(2009) Johannes Konnerth et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Self-Cleaning Efficiency of Artificial Superhydrophobic Surfaces

(2009) Bharat Bhushan et al.   LANGMUIR

Grafting of cellulose by fluorine-bearing silane coupling agents

(2009) B. Ly et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Biomimetics: lessons from nature-an overview

(2009) B. Bhushan   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Biomorphic mineralization: From biology to materials

(2009) Tong-Xiang Fan et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Control of Self-Assembly of DNA Tubules Through Integration of Gold Nanoparticles

(2009) J. Sharma et al.   SCIENCE

Microtexture and Chitin/Calcite Orientation Relationship in the Mineralized Exoskeleton of the American Lobster

(2008) Ali Al-Sawalmih et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Enhanced Light-Harvesting and Photocatalytic Properties inMorph-TiO2from Green-Leaf Biotemplates

(2008) Xufan Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bioinspired Design of SrAl2O4:Eu2+Phosphor

(2008) Mariya H. Kostova et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Complete Band Gaps in the Visible Range Achieved by a Low-Refractive-Index Material

(2008) Zhi Ren et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Syntheses of Porous Self-Supporting Metal-Nanoparticle Assemblies with 3D Morphologies Inherited from Biosilica Templates (Diatom Frustules)

(2008) Zhihao Bao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

3D Rutile Titania-Based Structures withMorphoButterfly Wing Scale Morphologies

(2008) Michael R. Weatherspoon et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nanoimprinted optical fibres: Biotemplated nanostructures for SERS sensing

(2008) G. Kostovski et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Isolation of Mesoporous Biogenic Silica from the Perennial PlantEquisetum hyemale

(2008) Lanny Sapei et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Electrodeposition of Three-Dimensional Titania Photonic Crystals from Holographically Patterned Microporous Polymer Templates

(2008) Yongan Xu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Biotemplated Nanostructured Materials†

(2008) Sofia Sotiropoulou et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Ultrastructural development of the softwood cell wall during pyrolysis

(2008) Cordt Zollfrank et al.   HOLZFORSCHUNG

Preceramic Paper-Derived Ceramics

(2008) Nahum Travitzky et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Precision Replication of Hierarchical Biological Structures by Metal Oxides Using a Sonochemical Method

(2008) Shenmin Zhu et al.   LANGMUIR

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

Solid-state NMR characterization of a controlled-pore glass and of the effects of electron irradiation

(2008) F. Brunet et al.   SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE

The effect of wood extractives on the thermal stability of different wood species

(2008) A.N. Shebani et al.   THERMOCHIMICA ACTA

Gyroid cuticular structures in butterfly wing scales: biological photonic crystals

(2007) K Michielsen et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface