Towards High-Performance Bioinspired Composites

Bioinspired Layered Composites Based on Flattened Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

(2012) Qunfeng Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Artificial Egg Stalks Made of a Recombinantly Produced Lacewing Silk Protein

(2012) Felix Bauer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Design and construction principles in nature and architecture

(2012) Jan Knippers et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Effect of autofrettage on durability of CFRP composite cylinders subjected to out-of-plane loading

(2012) Satoshi Kobayashi   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

A low-cost method to produce superhydrophobic polymer surfaces

(2012) J. J. Victor et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Bioinspired Structured Surfaces

(2012) Bharat Bhushan   LANGMUIR

Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs

(2012) Steven W. Cranford et al.   NATURE

Probing and repairing damaged surfaces with nanoparticle-containing microcapsules

(2012) Katrina Kratz et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

The role of delamination in failure of fibre-reinforced composites

(2012) M. R. Wisnom   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Bioinspired, mechanical, deterministic fractal model for hierarchical suture joints

(2012) Yaning Li et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

A Composite Matter of Alignment

(2012) P. Fratzl   SCIENCE

Composites Reinforced in Three Dimensions by Using Low Magnetic Fields

(2012) R. M. Erb et al.   SCIENCE

The toughening mechanism of nacre and structural materials inspired by nacre

(2012) Hideki Kakisawa et al.   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

A method to determine site-specific, anisotropic fracture toughness in biological materials

(2012) Sabine Bechtle et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Enamel-like apatite crown covering amorphous mineral in a crayfish mandible

(2012) Shmuel Bentov et al.   Nature Communications

Synergistic toughening of composite fibres by self-alignment of reduced graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes

(2012) Min Kyoon Shin et al.   Nature Communications

Interdigitating biocalcite dendrites form a 3-D jigsaw structure in brachiopod shells

(2011) Andreas J. Goetz et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Self-Assembling, Bioinspired Wax Crystalline Surfaces with Time-Dependent Wettability

(2011) Sasha Pechook et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bioinspired Design Criteria for Damage-Resistant Materials with Periodically Varying Microstructure

(2011) Otmar Kolednik et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biocatalytic Nanoscale Coatings Through Biomimetic Layer-by-Layer Mineralization

(2011) Nicholas R. Haase et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Modular Design in Natural and Biomimetic Soft Materials

(2011) Aaron M. Kushner et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mussel-Inspired Adhesives and Coatings

(2011) Bruce P. Lee et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Bioinspired catecholic chemistry for surface modification

(2011) Qian Ye et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Response and Damage Tolerance of Composite Sandwich Structures under Low Velocity Impact

(2011) I. M. Daniel et al.   EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS

Multiscale Mechanics and Optimization of Gastropod Shells

(2011) Mostafa Yourdkhani et al.   Journal of Bionic Engineering

Silica replication of the hierarchical structure of wood with nanometer precision

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

Viscoelastic fracture of biological composites

(2011) Eran Bouchbinder et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Mechanical model for staggered bio-structure

(2011) Benny Bar-On et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Bioinspired Fibers Follow the Track of Natural Spider Silk

(2011) M. Elices et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Distinct Elastic Response to Hierarchical Nanostructures

(2011) Xiaomeng Zhu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Bioinspired Mechanically Adaptive Polymer Nanocomposites with Water-Activated Shape-Memory Effect

(2011) Julie Mendez et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Nanoconfinement of Spider Silk Fibrils Begets Superior Strength, Extensibility, and Toughness

(2011) Tristan Giesa et al.   NANO LETTERS

Comparative analysis of nanomechanics of protein filaments under lateral loading

(2011) Max Solar et al.   Nanoscale

Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

(2011) Tak-Sing Wong et al.   NATURE

An artificial biomineral formed by incorporation of copolymer micelles in calcite crystals

(2011) Yi-Yeoun Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Nanomechanics of functional and pathological amyloid materials

(2011) Tuomas P. J. Knowles et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Smart Skin Patterns Protect Springtails

(2011) Ralf Helbig et al.   PLoS One

Silica-Like Malleable Materials from Permanent Organic Networks

(2011) D. Montarnal et al.   SCIENCE

Geometry and Mechanics in the Opening of Chiral Seed Pods

(2011) S. Armon et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2011) Dipanjan Sen et al.   Scientific Reports

Principles of Branching Morphology and Anatomy in Arborescent Monocotyledons and Columnar Cacti as Concept Generators for Branched Fiber-Reinforced Composites

(2010) Hannes Schwager et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

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

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

Gecko-Inspired Surfaces: A Path to Strong and Reversible Dry Adhesives

(2010) Luciano F. Boesel et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Supramolecular Control of Stiffness and Strength in Lightweight High-Performance Nacre-Mimetic Paper with Fire-Shielding Properties

(2010) Andreas Walther et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Artificial Nacre-like Bionanocomposite Films from the Self-Assembly of Chitosan-Montmorillonite Hybrid Building Blocks

(2010) Hong-Bin Yao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biological Composites

(2010) John W.C. Dunlop et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Gastropod nacre: Structure, properties and growth — Biological, chemical and physical basics

(2010) Fabian Heinemann et al.   BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Influence of Resin Type on the Delamination Behavior of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites Under Mode-II Loading

(2010) A. Argüelles et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DAMAGE MECHANICS

Computational and Theoretical Materiomics: Properties of Biological and de novo Bioinspired Materials

(2010) Markus J. Buehler   Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Carbon nanotube-based hierarchical composites: a review

(2010) Hui Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Keratin homogeneity in the tail feathers of Pavo cristatus and Pavo cristatus mut. alba

(2010) S. Pabisch et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

The organization of the osteocyte network mirrors the extracellular matrix orientation in bone

(2010) Michael Kerschnitzki et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Large-Area, Lightweight and Thick Biomimetic Composites with Superior Material Properties via Fast, Economic, and Green Pathways

(2010) Andreas Walther et al.   NANO LETTERS

Tu(r)ning weakness to strength

(2010) Markus J. Buehler   Nano Today

Calcium phosphate growth beneath a polycationic monolayer at the air–water interface: effects of oscillating surface pressure on mineralization

(2010) Mathias Junginger et al.   Nanoscale

Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Making flexible magnetic aerogels and stiff magnetic nanopaper using cellulose nanofibrils as templates

(2010) R. T. Olsson et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Mapping amorphous calcium phosphate transformation into crystalline mineral from the cell to the bone in zebrafish fin rays

(2010) J. Mahamid et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Protection mechanisms of the iron-plated armor of a deep-sea hydrothermal vent gastropod

(2010) H. Yao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Iron-Clad Fibers: A Metal-Based Biological Strategy for Hard Flexible Coatings

(2010) M. J. Harrington et al.   SCIENCE

Bioinspired Material Approaches to Sensing

(2009) Michael E. McConney et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Revealing the Design Principles of High-Performance Biological Composites Using Ab initio and Multiscale Simulations: The Example of Lobster Cuticle

(2009) Svetoslav Nikolov et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The fracture behaviour of dental enamel

(2009) Sabine Bechtle et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Silicatein-mediated incorporation of titanium into spicules from the demosponge Suberites domuncula

(2009) Filipe Natalio et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Biodiversity of the white coral bank off Cape Santa Maria di Leuca (Mediterranean Sea): An update

(2009) F. Mastrototaro et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Calcite morphology, texture and hardness in the distinct layers of rhynchonelliform brachiopod shells

(2009) Andreas J. Goetz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MINERALOGY

Strong and ductile platelet-reinforced polymer films inspired by nature: Microstructure and mechanical properties

(2009) Lorenz J. Bonderer et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Collagen insulated from tensile damage by domains that unfold reversibly: In situ X-ray investigation of mechanical yield and damage repair in the mussel byssus

(2009) Matthew J. Harrington et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

A Biomimetic Modular Polymer with Tough and Adaptive Properties

(2009) Aaron M. Kushner et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The mechanical behaviour of some molluscan hard tissues

(2009) J. D. Currey et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Fabrication of Artificial Petal Sculptures by Replication of Sub-micron Surface Wrinkles

(2009) Alexandra Schweikart et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

An efficient hybrid conventional method to fabricate nacre-like bulk nano-laminar composites

(2009) O. Oner Ekiz et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Toughening through Nature-Adapted Nanoscale Design

(2009) Zaklina Burghard et al.   NANO LETTERS

Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation

(2009) Peter Fratzl et al.   NATURE

Biomimetic design of materials and biomaterials inspired by the structure of nacre

(2009) G. M Luz et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Mimicking biopolymers on a molecular scale: nano(bio)technology based on engineered proteins

(2009) I. Grunwald et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Actuation systems in plants as prototypes for bioinspired devices

(2009) I. Burgert et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Remarkable resilience of teeth

(2009) H. Chai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The grinding tip of the sea urchin tooth exhibits exquisite control over calcite crystal orientation and Mg distribution

(2009) Y. Ma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Merger of structure and material in nacre and bone – Perspectives on de novo biomimetic materials

(2009) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Biomimetic mechanically adaptive nanocomposites

(2009) Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Self-Organization of a Mesoscale Bristle into Ordered, Hierarchical Helical Assemblies

(2009) B. Pokroy et al.   SCIENCE

Visualizing the 3D Internal Structure of Calcite Single Crystals Grown in Agarose Hydrogels

(2009) H. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Greatly Increased Toughness of Infiltrated Spider Silk

(2009) S.-M. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

The Initial Stages of Template-Controlled CaCO3 Formation Revealed by Cryo-TEM

(2009) E. M. Pouget et al.   SCIENCE

Structural Origin of Circularly Polarized Iridescence in Jeweled Beetles

(2009) Vivek Sharma et al.   SCIENCE

The influence of internal length scales on mechanical properties in natural nanocomposites: A comparative study on inner layers of seashells

(2008) Franziska D. Fleischli et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Fabrication of Bioinspired Actuated Nanostructures with Arbitrary Geometry and Stiffness

(2008) Boaz Pokroy et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Amyloids: Not Only Pathological Agents but Also Ordered Nanomaterials

(2008) Izhack Cherny et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The signs of life in architecture

(2008) Petra Gruber   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Fabrication Approaches for Generating Complex Micro- and Nanopatterns on Polymeric Surfaces

(2008) Aránzazu del Campo et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Biomimetic CaCO3Mineralization using Designer Molecules and Interfaces

(2008) Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Magnetotactic Bacteria and Magnetosomes

(2008) Damien Faivre et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Novel Photoanode Structure Templated from Butterfly Wing Scales

(2008) Wang Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Hierarchies in the structural organization of spider silk—a quantitative model

(2008) Periklis Papadopoulos et al.   COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE

Cellulose fibrils direct plant organ movements

(2008) Peter Fratzl et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Controlling the Assembly of Nanocrystalline ZnO Films by a Transient Amorphous Phase in Solution

(2008) Peter Lipowsky et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Beyond the Lotus Effect: Roughness Influences on Wetting over a Wide Surface-Energy Range

(2008) Doris M. Spori et al.   LANGMUIR

Hierarchical fibre composite structure and micromechanical properties of phosphatic and calcitic brachiopod shell biomaterials — an overview

(2008) W. W. Schmahl et al.   MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE

Geometric Confinement Governs the Rupture Strength of H-bond Assemblies at a Critical Length Scale

(2008) Sinan Keten et al.   NANO LETTERS

Biologically inspired oxidation catalysis

(2008) Lawrence Que et al.   NATURE

Self-healing and thermoreversible rubber from supramolecular assembly

(2008) Philippe Cordier et al.   NATURE

Materials design principles of ancient fish armour

(2008) Benjamin J. F. Bruet et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

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

Functionalized graphene sheets for polymer nanocomposites

(2008) T. Ramanathan et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Assembly mechanism of recombinant spider silk proteins

(2008) S. Rammensee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Theoretical and computational hierarchical nanomechanics of protein materials: Deformation and fracture

(2008) M BUEHLER et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks

(2008) A. Miserez et al.   SCIENCE

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

Diversity of structure, morphology and wetting of plant surfaces

(2008) Kerstin Koch et al.   Soft Matter

The role of material properties for the mechanical adaptation at branch junctions

(2008) Karin Jungnikl et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Mechanical strength of abalone nacre: Role of the soft organic layer

(2007) Marc André Meyers et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials