Biologically Inspired Dynamic Material Systems

Morphing skins

(2016) C. Thill et al.   AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL

Cross-linked polymersomes as nanoreactors for controlled and stabilized single and cascade enzymatic reactions

(2014) David Gräfe et al.   Nanoscale

Self-replicating colloidal clusters

(2014) Zorana Zeravcic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Overcoming the brittleness of glass through bio-inspiration and micro-architecture

(2014) M. Mirkhalaf et al.   Nature Communications

Stimuli-Responsive Chemomechanical Actuation: A Hybrid Materials Approach

(2013) Lauren D. Zarzar et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Biological and Bioinspired Composites with Spatially Tunable Heterogeneous Architectures

(2013) André R. Studart   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biomimetic Hydrogel-Based Actuating Systems

(2013) Leonid Ionov   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nanoparticle-Filled Complex Colloidosomes for Tunable Cargo Release

(2013) Jonathan S. Sander et al.   LANGMUIR

A review of shape memory alloy research, applications and opportunities

(2013) Jaronie Mohd Jani et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Electrostatically gated membrane permeability in inorganic protocells

(2013) Mei Li et al.   Nature Chemistry

Self-folding with shape memory composites

(2013) Samuel M. Felton et al.   Soft Matter

Bioinspired materials that self-shape through programmed microstructures

(2013) André R. Studart et al.   Soft Matter

Self-shaping composites with programmable bioinspired microstructures

(2013) Randall M. Erb et al.   Nature Communications

Systems of Creation: The Emergence of Life from Nonliving Matter

(2012) Stephen Mann   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Shape-Programmed Folding of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Bilayers

(2012) Georgi Stoychev et al.   ACS Nano

Towards High-Performance Bioinspired Composites

(2012) André R. Studart   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Magnetic Helical Micromachines: Fabrication, Controlled Swimming, and Cargo Transport

(2012) Soichiro Tottori et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fantastic Voyage: Designing Self-Powered Nanorobots

(2012) Samudra Sengupta et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthetic Bio-nanoreactor: Mechanical and Chemical Control of Polymersome Membrane Permeability

(2012) Jens Gaitzsch et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Multicompartmentalized polymeric systems: towards biomimetic cellular structure and function

(2012) Maïté Marguet et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Dynamic control for morphing of bi-stable composites

(2012) Andres F Arrieta et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Magnetic freeze casting inspired by nature

(2012) Michael M. Porter et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

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

(2012) Ximin He et al.   NATURE

Composites Reinforced in Three Dimensions by Using Low Magnetic Fields

(2012) R. M. Erb et al.   SCIENCE

Hair flow sensors: from bio-inspiration to bio-mimicking—a review

(2012) Junliang Tao et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Non-linear alignment dynamics in suspensions of platelets under rotating magnetic fields

(2012) Randall M. Erb et al.   Soft Matter

Temporal response of magnetically labeled platelets under dynamic magnetic fields

(2012) Randall M. Erb et al.   Soft Matter

Polymeric Vesicles: From Drug Carriers to Nanoreactors and Artificial Organelles

(2011) Pascal Tanner et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Controlled Folding of 2D Au-Polymer Brush Composites into 3D Microstructures

(2011) Tim S. Kelby et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bio-inspired Design of Submerged Hydrogel-Actuated Polymer Microstructures Operating in Response to pH

(2011) Lauren D. Zarzar et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Artificial lateral line canal for hydrodynamic detection

(2011) Yingchen Yang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Walking molecules

(2011) Max von Delius et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Compartmentalized reactions as a case of soft-matter biotechnology: synthesis of proteins and nucleic acids inside lipid vesicles

(2011) Pasquale Stano et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Three-dimensional actuators transformed from the programmed two-dimensional structures via bending, twisting and folding mechanisms

(2011) Kwang-Un Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Monodisperse Functional Colloidosomes with Tailored Nanoparticle Shells

(2011) J. S. Sander et al.   LANGMUIR

Geometry and Mechanics in the Opening of Chiral Seed Pods

(2011) S. Armon et al.   SCIENCE

Soft microorigami: self-folding polymer films

(2011) Leonid Ionov   Soft Matter

Transport of cargo by catalytic Janus micro-motors

(2011) L. Baraban et al.   Soft Matter

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

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

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

Achievements and open questions in the self-reproduction of vesicles and synthetic minimal cells

(2010) Pasquale Stano et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Bone Remodeling

(2010) Liza J. Raggatt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Capture/release ability of thermo-responsive polymer particles

(2010) Brian Simpson et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Fabrication of superficial neuromast inspired capacitive flow sensors

(2010) N Izadi et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Mechanical adaptation of biological materials — The examples of bone and wood

(2010) Richard Weinkamer et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Bioinspired Material Approaches to Sensing

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

New Suggestions for the Mechanical Control of Bone Remodeling

(2009) J. W. C. Dunlop et al.   CALCIFIED TISSUE INTERNATIONAL

Biohybrid Polymer Capsules

(2009) Stijn F. M. van Dongen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers

(2009) E. Reyssat et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Aggregates: From Micelles to Vesicles and their Biological Applications

(2009) Adam Blanazs et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation

(2009) Peter Fratzl et al.   NATURE

Towards self-replicating materials of DNA-functionalized colloids

(2009) Mirjam E. Leunissen et al.   Soft Matter

Double Emulsion-Templated Nanoparticle Colloidosomes with Selective Permeability

(2008) Daeyeon Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cellulose fibrils direct plant organ movements

(2008) Peter Fratzl et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Microfluidic Fabrication of Monodisperse Biocompatible and Biodegradable Polymersomes with Controlled Permeability

(2008) Ho Cheung Shum et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials

(2008) E. Munch et al.   SCIENCE