Bone-Inspired Materials by Design: Toughness Amplification Observed Using 3D Printing and Testing 

Understanding the structure–property relationship in cortical bone to design a biomimetic composite

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Three-Dimensional-Printing of Bio-Inspired Composites

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Binary Synergy Strengthening and Toughening of Bio-Inspired Nacre-like Graphene Oxide/Sodium Alginate Composite Paper

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Developing strength and toughness in bio-inspired silicon carbide hybrid materials containing a compliant phase

(2015) Valentina Naglieri et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Bioinspired Hydroxyapatite/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Composite with a Nacre-Mimetic Architecture by a Bidirectional Freezing Method

(2015) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Does 3D orientation account for variation in osteon morphology assessed by 2D histology?

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Biomimetic staggered composites with highly enhanced energy dissipation: Modeling, 3D printing, and testing

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Structural optimization of 3D-printed synthetic spider webs for high strength

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3D-Printing of Lightweight Cellular Composites

(2014) Brett G. Compton et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design and characterization of a biomimetic composite inspired to human bone

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3D printed, bio-inspired prototypes and analytical models for structured suture interfaces with geometrically-tuned deformation and failure behavior

(2014) Erica Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

3D bioprinting of tissues and organs

(2014) Sean V Murphy et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Bioinspired structural materials

(2014) Ulrike G. K. Wegst et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Tough Composites Inspired by Mineralized Natural Materials: Computation, 3D printing, and Testing

(2013) Leon S. Dimas et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Structural Biological Materials: Critical Mechanics-Materials Connections

(2013) M. A. Meyers et al.   SCIENCE

Towards High-Performance Bioinspired Composites

(2012) André R. Studart   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Looking Beyond Fibrillar Features to Scale Gecko-Like Adhesion

(2012) Michael D. Bartlett et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Influence of geometry on mechanical properties of bio-inspired silica-based hierarchical materials

(2012) Leon S Dimas et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Influence of osteon area fraction and degree of orientation of HAp crystals on mechanical properties in bovine femur

(2012) Satoshi Yamada et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Micro-scale modelling of bovine cortical bone fracture: Analysis of crack propagation and microstructure using X-FEM

(2011) Adel A. Abdel-Wahab et al.   COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Toughness amplification in natural composites

(2011) Francois Barthelat et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Biomimetics inspired surfaces for drag reduction and oleophobicity/philicity

(2011) Bharat Bhushan   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

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

(2011) Dipanjan Sen et al.   Scientific Reports

Multiscale modeling of elastic properties of cortical bone

(2010) Elham Hamed et al.   ACTA MECHANICA

Mineralized structures in nature: Examples and inspirations for the design of new composite materials and biomaterials

(2010) Gisela M. Luz et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Biomatrices and biomaterials for future developments of bioprinting and biofabrication

(2010) M Nakamura et al.   Biofabrication

Biomimetics: lessons from nature-an overview

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

Plasticity and toughness in bone

(2009) Robert O. Ritchie et al.   PHYSICS TODAY

When the cracks begin to show

(2008) Peter Fratzl   NATURE MATERIALS

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

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

MATERIALS SCIENCE: Bioinspired Structural Materials

(2008) C. Ortiz et al.   SCIENCE

Bioinspired Design and Assembly of Platelet Reinforced Polymer Films

(2008) L. J. Bonderer et al.   SCIENCE