Bioinspired Materials: from Low to High Dimensional Structure

Nature's moisture harvesters: a comparative review

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

Texturing of polycrystalline photovoltaic materials using vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays

(2014) Jack Flicker et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Synergistic Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Aerogels

(2013) Xiao Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Superhydrophobic and Omnidirectional Antireflective Surfaces from Nanostructured Ormosil Colloids

(2013) Adem Yildirim et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bioinspired Catecholic Copolymers for Antifouling Surface Coatings

(2013) Joon Hee Cho et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bioinspired Fabrication of Hierarchically Structured, pH-Tunable Photonic Crystals with Unique Transition

(2013) Qingqing Yang et al.   ACS Nano

Biomass-Derived Sponge-like Carbonaceous Hydrogels and Aerogels for Supercapacitors

(2013) Xi-Lin Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Multi-Stimuli Responsive Hydrogel Cilia

(2013) P. J. Glazer et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Dragline, Egg Stalk and Byssus: A Comparison of Outstanding Protein Fibers and Their Potential for Developing New Materials

(2013) Eileen S. Lintz et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Ultralight and Highly Compressible Graphene Aerogels

(2013) Han Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Lamellar Hydrogels with High Toughness and Ternary Tunable Photonic Stop-Band

(2013) You Feng Yue et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Multicolor Electrochromic Device with Electrochemically Size-Controlled Silver Nanoparticles

(2013) Ayako Tsuboi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Carbon Fiber Aerogel Made from Raw Cotton: A Novel, Efficient and Recyclable Sorbent for Oils and Organic Solvents

(2013) Hengchang Bi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Vacuum-Dried Robust Bridged Silsesquioxane Aerogels

(2013) Zhen Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired Surfaces with Dynamic Topography for Active Control of Biofouling

(2013) Phanindhar Shivapooja et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Emerging Applications of Superhydrophilic-Superhydrophobic Micropatterns

(2013) Erica Ueda et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multifunctional, Ultra-Flyweight, Synergistically Assembled Carbon Aerogels

(2013) Haiyan Sun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Wavelength-Selective, IR Light-Driven Hinges Based on Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Composites

(2013) Ryan R. Kohlmeyer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ultralight, Flexible, and Fire-Resistant Carbon Nanofiber Aerogels from Bacterial Cellulose

(2013) Zhen-Yu Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Analysis of microstructural induced enhancement of electromechanical coupling in soft dielectrics

(2013) Stephan Rudykh et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A novel approach to determine the efficacy of patterned surfaces for biofouling control in relation to its microfluidic environment

(2013) Partha Halder et al.   BIOFOULING

Colour change and camouflage in the horned ghost crabOcypode ceratophthalmus

(2013) Martin Stevens et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Self-assembled block copolymer photonic crystal for selective fructose detection

(2013) Omar B. Ayyub et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Reversible Light-, Thermo-, and Mechano-Responsive Elastomeric Polymer Opal Films

(2013) Christian G. Schäfer et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Investigation on sound absorption properties of kapok fibers

(2013) Hai-fan Xiang et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

Biomimetic Drag Reduction Study on Herringbone Riblets of Bird Feather

(2013) Huawei Chen et al.   Journal of Bionic Engineering

Viscoelasticity and compaction behaviour of the foam-like pomelo (Citrus maxima) peel

(2013) Marc Thielen et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Tailoring of Morphology and Surface Properties of Syndiotactic Polystyrene Aerogels

(2013) Xiao Wang et al.   LANGMUIR

Reinforcement of Silica Aerogels Using Silane-End-Capped Polyurethanes

(2013) Yannan Duan et al.   LANGMUIR

Principles of Biofouling Protection in Marine Sponges: A Model for the Design of Novel Biomimetic and Bio-inspired Coatings in the Marine Environment?

(2013) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

(2013) Eddie Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Webs measure up

(2013) Zhao Qin et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Adaptive fluid-infused porous films with tunable transparency and wettability

(2013) Xi Yao et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Theoretical and experimental analysis of the structural pattern responsible for the iridescence of Morpho butterflies

(2013) Radwanul Hasan Siddique et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Container-based multifunctional self-healing polymer coatings

(2013) Dmitry G. Shchukin   Polymer Chemistry

Biomimetic optical materials: Integration of nature’s design for manipulation of light

(2013) Kuilong Yu et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

A Special Material or a New State of Matter: A Review and Reconsideration of the Aerogel

(2013) Ai Du et al.   Materials

Controlled growth of protein resistant PHEMA brushes via S-RAFT polymerization

(2013) Mirela Zamfir et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

A novel precursor-derived one-step growth approach to fabrication of highly antireflective, mechanically robust and self-healing nanoporous silica thin films

(2013) Ligang Xu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Structural Iridescent Tuned Colors from Self-Assembled Polymer Opal Surfaces

(2012) Laura Zulian et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Inkjet Printing of Sol–Gel Synthesized Hydrated Tungsten Oxide Nanoparticles for Flexible Electrochromic Devices

(2012) Cláudia Costa et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Optical Sensing of the Ionic Strength Using Photonic Crystals in a Hydrogel Matrix

(2012) Christoph Fenzl et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

In situ Assembly of Raspberry- and Mulberry-like Silica Nanospheres toward Antireflective and Antifogging Coatings

(2012) Xiaoyu Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Liquid-Infused Nanostructured Surfaces with Extreme Anti-Ice and Anti-Frost Performance

(2012) Philseok Kim et al.   ACS Nano

Strong, Conductive, Lightweight, Neat Graphene Aerogel Fibers with Aligned Pores

(2012) Zhen Xu et al.   ACS Nano

Hierarchical Multi-Step Folding of Polymer Bilayers

(2012) Georgi Stoychev et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Natural Flexible Dermal Armor

(2012) Wen Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Full Color Tunable Photonic Crystal from Crystalline Colloidal Arrays with an Engineered Photonic Stop-Band

(2012) Moon Gyu Han et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Functional Fibers with Unique Wettability Inspired by Spider Silks

(2012) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Micro-/Nanostructured Mechanical Metamaterials

(2012) Jae-Hwang Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Robotic Tentacles with Three-Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers

(2012) Ramses V. Martinez et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Flexible, Angle-Independent, Structural Color Reflectors Inspired by Morpho Butterfly Wings

(2012) Kyungjae Chung et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Reversible Full-Color Generation with Patterned Yellow Electrochromic Polymers

(2012) Thiruvelu Bhuvana et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cellulose-Silica Nanocomposite Aerogels by In Situ Formation of Silica in Cellulose Gel

(2012) Jie Cai et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Reproducing Natural Spider Silks’ Copolymer Behavior in Synthetic Silk Mimics

(2012) Bo An et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Independent multifunctional detection by wettability controlled inverse opal hydrogels

(2012) Wei Hong et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Fouling Release Coatings: A Nontoxic Alternative to Biocidal Antifouling Coatings

(2012) Marlène Lejars et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Three dimensional macroporous architectures and aerogels built of carbon nanotubes and/or graphene: synthesis and applications

(2012) Stefania Nardecchia et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Chitosan Bio-Based Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Aerogel Microspheres

(2012) Abdelkrim El Kadib et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Fabrication of biomimetic high performance antireflective and antifogging film by spin-coating

(2012) Liang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Facile preparation of robust and biocompatible chitin aerogels

(2012) Beibei Ding et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

One-step sol–gel preparation of PDMS–silica ORMOSILs as environment-resistant and crack-free thick antireflective coatings

(2012) Xin-Xiang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

3D Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Aerogel-Supported Fe3O4 Nanoparticles as Efficient Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2012) Zhong-Shuai Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Surface Modification and Reinforcement of Silica Aerogels Using Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes

(2012) Yannan Duan et al.   LANGMUIR

Directional and Path-Finding Motion of Polymer Hydrogels Driven by Liquid Mixing

(2012) Yongxin Wang et al.   LANGMUIR

Doubly Biomimetic Catecholic Phosphorylcholine Copolymer: A Platform Strategy for Fabricating Antifouling Surfaces

(2012) Yong-Kuan Gong et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Structural Color and Iridescence in Transparent Sheared Cellulosic Films

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

The Naked-Eye Detection of NH3-HCl by Polyaniline-Infiltrated TiO2 Inverse Opal Photonic Crystals

(2012) Cihui Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Ambivalent Adhesives: Combining Biomimetic Cross-Linking with Antiadhesive Oligo(ethylene glycol)

(2012) Cristina R. Matos-Pérez et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Periodic Bicontinuous Composites for High Specific Energy Absorption

(2012) Jae-Hwang Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

Antireflective silica nanoparticle array directly deposited on flexible polymer substrates by chemical vapor deposition

(2012) Jungheum Yun et al.   Nanoscale

Synthetic homeostatic materials with chemo-mechano-chemical self-regulation

(2012) Ximin He et al.   NATURE

Amorphous diamond-structured photonic crystal in the feather barbs of the scarlet macaw

(2012) H. Yin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pointillist structural color in Pollia fruit

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

Liquid-infused structured surfaces with exceptional anti-biofouling performance

(2012) A. K. Epstein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biological materials: Functional adaptations and bioinspired designs

(2012) Po-Yu Chen et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Microcapsule-based self-healing anticorrosive coatings: Capsule size, coating formulation, and exposure testing

(2012) Tatyana Nesterova et al.   PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS

Material design and structural color inspired by biomimetic approach

(2012) Akira Saito   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dual signal glucose reporter based on inverse opal conducting hydrogel films

(2012) Lu Jin et al.   Soft Matter

Programmable responsive shaping behavior induced by visible multi-dimensional gradients of magnetic nanoparticles

(2012) Yang Liu et al.   Soft Matter

A multi-structural and multi-functional integrated fog collection system in cactus

(2012) Jie Ju et al.   Nature Communications

Biomimetic superelastic graphene-based cellular monoliths

(2012) Ling Qiu et al.   Nature Communications

Bioinspired self-cleaning surfaces with superhydrophobicity, superoleophobicity, and superhydrophilicity

(2012) Shunsuke Nishimoto et al.   RSC Advances

Tailoring Mechanical Properties of Aerogels for Aerospace Applications

(2011) Jason P. Randall et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Material Strategies for Black-to-Transmissive Window-Type Polymer Electrochromic Devices

(2011) Svetlana V. Vasilyeva et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Color Combination of Conductive Polymers for Black Electrochromism

(2011) Haijin Shin et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Completing the Color Palette with Spray-Processable Polymer Electrochromics

(2011) Aubrey L. Dyer et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

High-Performance, Single-Layer Antireflective Optical Coatings Comprising Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles

(2011) Jonathan Moghal et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Accelerated Self-Healing Via Ternary Interpenetrating Microvascular Networks

(2011) Christopher J. Hansen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-Healing Fibre Reinforced Composites via a Bioinspired Vasculature

(2011) Christopher J. Norris et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Optimized Colorimetric Photonic-Crystal Humidity Sensor Fabricated Using Glancing Angle Deposition

(2011) Matthew M. Hawkeye et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Transparent Self-Healing Polymers Based on Encapsulated Plasticizers in a Thermoplastic Matrix

(2011) Aaron C. Jackson et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Solution Processable and Patternable Poly(3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene)s for Large-Area Electrochromic Films

(2011) Jeonghun Kim et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Silk-on-Silk Layer-by-Layer Microcapsules

(2011) Olga Shchepelina et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Co-Continuous Composite Materials for Stiffness, Strength, and Energy Dissipation

(2011) Lifeng Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Autonomic Restoration of Electrical Conductivity

(2011) Benjamin J. Blaiszik et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tunable Angle-Independent Structural Color from a Phase-Separated Porous Gel

(2011) Naomi Kumano et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Soft Robotics for Chemists

(2011) Filip Ilievski et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Room temperature large-area nanoimprinting for broadband biomimetic antireflection surfaces

(2011) Hakan Deniz et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Surface exploration ofAmphibalanus amphitritecyprids on microtextured surfaces

(2011) Kuan Chun Chaw et al.   BIOFOULING

Electroactive polymer actuators as artificial muscles: are they ready for bioinspired applications?

(2011) Federico Carpi et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Robust and Responsive Silk Ionomer Microcapsules

(2011) Chunhong Ye et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

A novel and facile method to prepare porous hollow CuO and Cu nanofibers based on electrospinning

(2011) Haifan Xiang et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Visually readable and highly stable self-display photonic humidity sensor

(2011) Haibo Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of nanostructured materials using supercritical CO2: Part I. Physical transformations

(2011) D. Sanli et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

2-D Array Photonic Crystal Sensing Motif

(2011) Jian-Tao Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Biomimetic Anchors for Antifouling and Antibacterial Polymer Brushes on Stainless Steel

(2011) Wen Jing Yang et al.   LANGMUIR

Lessons from nature: biomimetic subwavelength structures for high-performance optics

(2011) R. Brunner et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

Learning From Nature: Synthesis and Characterization of Longitudinal Polymer Gradient Materials Inspired by Mussel Byssus Threads

(2011) Kai U. Claussen et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Dynamic Viscoelasticity of Poly(butyl acrylate) Elastomers Containing Dangling Chains with Controlled Lengths

(2011) Haruna Yamazaki et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Artful interfaces within biological materials

(2011) John W.C. Dunlop et al.   Materials Today

Gel Sensors and Actuators

(2011) Paul Calvert   MRS BULLETIN

Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

(2011) Tak-Sing Wong et al.   NATURE

Stable structural color patterns displayed on transparent insect wings

(2011) E. Shevtsova et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multigait soft robot

(2011) R. F. Shepherd et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ultralight Metallic Microlattices

(2011) T. A. Schaedler et al.   SCIENCE

Large-Scale Fabrication of Bioinspired Fibers for Directional Water Collection

(2011) Hao Bai et al.   Small

Biomimetic microlens array with antireflective “moth-eye” surface

(2011) Doo-Hyun Ko et al.   Soft Matter

Self-folding all-polymer thermoresponsive microcapsules

(2011) Georgi Stoychev et al.   Soft Matter

Antifogging and antireflective silica film and its application on solar modules

(2011) Xiaoying Lu et al.   SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY

Microporous Silica Thin Films with Low Refractive Indices and High Young’s Modulus

(2010) Wataru Shimizu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

All-Organic Electrochromic Spandex

(2010) Michael A. Invernale et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Biomimetic Branched Hollow Fibers Templated by Self-Assembled Fibrous Polyvinylpyrrolidone Structures in Aqueous Solution

(2010) Penghe Qiu et al.   ACS Nano

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

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

Bioinspired Structural Material Exhibiting Post-Yield Lateral Expansion and Volumetric Energy Dissipation During Tension

(2010) Lifeng Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Interaction of Zoospores of the Green Alga Ulva with Bioinspired Micro- and Nanostructured Surfaces Prepared by Polyelectrolyte Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly

(2010) Xinyu Cao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Preparation of Conjugated Polymers Inside Assembled Solid-State Devices

(2010) Michael A. Invernale et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Direction Controlled Driving of Tiny Water Drops on Bioinspired Artificial Spider Silks

(2010) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Healing of Internal Damage in Synthetic Vascular Materials

(2010) Andrew R. Hamilton et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Antifouling Coatings: Recent Developments in the Design of Surfaces That Prevent Fouling by Proteins, Bacteria, and Marine Organisms

(2010) Indrani Banerjee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biologically inspired humidity sensor based on three-dimensional photonic crystals

(2010) Jae Hyun Kim et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A model that predicts the attachment behavior of Ulva linza zoospores on surface topography

(2010) Christopher J. Long et al.   BIOFOULING

Engineered antifouling microtopographies: the role of Reynolds number in a model that predicts attachment of zoospores of Ulva and cells of Cobetia marina

(2010) Chelsea M. Magin et al.   BIOFOULING

Engineered antifouling microtopographies: mapping preferential and inhibitory microenvironments for zoospore attachment

(2010) Christopher J. Long et al.   BIOFOULING

Mini review: Biomimetic models and bioinspired surfaces for fouling control

(2010) Andrew J. Scardino et al.   BIOFOULING

Hydrophobic, Antireflective, Self-Cleaning, and Antifogging Sol−Gel Coatings: An Example of Multifunctional Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Cells

(2010) Marco Faustini et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Facile fabrication of large scale microtubes with a natural template — Kapok fiber

(2010) Xiao-yan Zhang et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

Cryptic Color Change in a Crab Spider (Misumena vatia): Identification and Quantification of Precursors and Ommochrome Pigments by HPLC

(2010) Mickaël Riou et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Controlled freezing and freeze drying: a versatile route for porous and micro-/nano-structured materials

(2010) Lei Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Silica Aerogel: Synthesis and Applications

(2010) Jyoti L. Gurav et al.   Journal of Nanomaterials

Function of blue iridescence in tropical understorey plants

(2010) K. R. Thomas et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Self-Cleaning Antireflective Coatings Assembled from Peculiar Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles

(2010) Xiaoyu Li et al.   LANGMUIR

Enhanced Energy Dissipation in Periodic Epoxy Nanoframes

(2010) Jae-Hwang Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

Antireflective surfaces based on biomimetic nanopillared arrays

(2010) Yunfeng Li et al.   Nano Today

Directional water collection on wetted spider silk

(2010) Yongmei Zheng et al.   NATURE

Mimicking the colourful wing scale structure of the Papilio blumei butterfly

(2010) Mathias Kolle et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Designing biomimetic antifouling surfaces

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

Structure, function, and self-assembly of single network gyroid (I4132) photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales

(2010) V. Saranathan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Antifouling effect of hydrogen peroxide release from enzymatic marine coatings: Exposure testing under equatorial and Mediterranean conditions

(2010) S.M. Olsen et al.   PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS

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

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

Recent advances in the fabrication and adhesion testing of biomimetic dry adhesives

(2010) D Sameoto et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Novel pH-responsive hydrogels with gradient charge distribution

(2010) Irina Yu. Konotop et al.   Soft Matter

Microbristle in gels: Toward all-polymer reconfigurable hybrid surfaces

(2010) Philseok Kim et al.   Soft Matter

Fully plastic microrobots which manipulate objects using only visible light

(2010) Futao Cheng et al.   Soft Matter

Temperature controlled encapsulation and release using partially biodegradable thermo-magneto-sensitive self-rolling tubes

(2010) Svetlana Zakharchenko et al.   Soft Matter

Bioinspired Super-antiwetting Interfaces with Special Liquid−Solid Adhesion

(2009) Mingjie Liu et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Development and Testing of Hierarchically Wrinkled Coatings for Marine Antifouling

(2009) Kirill Efimenko et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bioinspired Material Approaches to Sensing

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

Plastic Dissipation Mechanisms in Periodic Microframe-Structured Polymers

(2009) Lifeng Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Delivery of Two-Part Self-Healing Chemistry via Microvascular Networks

(2009) Kathleen S. Toohey et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nacre in Mollusk Shells as a Multilayered Structure with Strain Gradient

(2009) Boaz Pokroy et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-Healing Materials with Interpenetrating Microvascular Networks

(2009) Christopher J. Hansen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Silk as a Biomimetic Ideal for Structural Polymers

(2009) David Porter et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Spider Silk: From Soluble Protein to Extraordinary Fiber

(2009) Markus Heim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bioinspiration—the solution for biofouling control?

(2009) Emily Ralston et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Remarkable Stability and Dispersibility for Antireflective Coatings

(2009) Yasuto Hoshikawa et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Replication of butterfly wing microstructures using molding lithography

(2009) Shao-Hui Kang et al.   CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS

Spider silk as a novel high performance biomimetic muscle driven by humidity

(2009) I. Agnarsson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Electrochromism based on structural colour changes in a polyelectrolyte gel

(2009) Kazuhide Ueno et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Bioinspired silicon hollow-tip arrays for high performance broadband anti-reflective and water-repellent coatings

(2009) Yunfeng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Simple Approach to Wafer-Scale Self-Cleaning Antireflective Silicon Surfaces

(2009) Dianpeng Qi et al.   LANGMUIR

Durable Superhydrophobic and Antireflective Surfaces by Trimethylsilanized Silica Nanoparticles-Based Sol−Gel Processing

(2009) Michele Manca et al.   LANGMUIR

Direct Structuring of a Biomimetic Anti-Reflective, Self-Cleaning Surface for Light Harvesting in Organic Solar Cells

(2009) Se-Jin Choi et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles

(2009) Paul Brochu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Nonfouling Polyampholytes from an Ion-Pair Comonomer with Biomimetic Adhesive Groups

(2009) Guozhu Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Nanofiber Scaffolds with Gradations in Mineral Content for Mimicking the Tendon-to-Bone Insertion Site

(2009) Xiaoran Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation

(2009) Peter Fratzl et al.   NATURE

Bionics in textiles: flexible and translucent thermal insulations for solar thermal applications

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

Fabrication of Temperature-Responsive Bending Hydrogels with a Nanostructured Gradient

(2008) Taka-aki Asoh et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The effects of a serine protease, Alcalase®, on the adhesives of barnacle cyprids (Balanus amphitrite)

(2008) Nick Aldred et al.   BIOFOULING

Controlled switching of the wetting behavior of biomimetic surfaces with hydrogel-supported nanostructures

(2008) Alexander Sidorenko et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Advances in polymers for anti-biofouling surfaces

(2008) Sitaraman Krishnan et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Materials design principles of ancient fish armour

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

Inconspicuous structural coloration in the elytra of beetlesChlorophila obscuripennis(Coleoptera)

(2008) Feng Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Physics of structural colors

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

Textile solar light collectors based on models for polar bear hair

(2008) T BAHNERS et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Performance improvement of organic solar cells with moth eye anti-reflection coating

(2008) Karen Forberich et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Silica aerogel; synthesis, properties and characterization

(2007) A. Soleimani Dorcheh et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

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