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Bioinspired Wood Nanotechnology for Functional Materials

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How softwood tree branches are attached to stems: hierarchical extension of Shigo’s stem–branch model

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Characterization of Wood Derived Hierarchical Cellulose Scaffolds for Multifunctional Applications

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Towards centimeter thick transparent wood through interface manipulation

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Processing bulk natural wood into a high-performance structural material

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Bio-inspired “jigsaw”-like interlocking sutures: Modeling, optimization, 3D printing and testing

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Functional gradients and heterogeneities in biological materials: Design principles, functions, and bioinspired applications

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Mineral Nano-Interconnectivity Stiffens and Toughens Nacre-like Composite Materials

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Leatherback sea turtle shell: A tough and flexible biological design

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Asymmetric flexural behavior from bamboo’s functionally graded hierarchical structure: Underlying mechanisms

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Structural Design Elements in Biological Materials: Application to Bioinspiration

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Designing bioinspired composite reinforcement architectures via 3D magnetic printing

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Plant material features responsible for bamboo's excellent mechanical performance: a comparison of tensile properties of bamboo and spruce at the tissue, fibre and cell wall levels

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Hierarchical multiscale structure-property relationships of the red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) beak

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Biological and Bioinspired Composites with Spatially Tunable Heterogeneous Architectures

(2013) André R. Studart   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Spider's Fang: How to Design an Injection Needle Using Chitin-Based Composite Material

(2012) Yael Politi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bio-inspired design of aerospace composite joints for improved damage tolerance

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Artful interfaces within biological materials

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

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Sacrificial Ionic Bonds Need To Be Randomly Distributed To Provide Shear Deformability

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