Hydration and Dynamic State of Nanoconfined Polymer Layers Govern Toughness in Nacre-mimetic Nanocomposites

Facile Access to Large-Scale, Self-Assembled, Nacre-Inspired, High-Performance Materials with Tunable Nanoscale Periodicities

(2013) Paramita Das et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Fracture mechanics of hydroxyapatite single crystals under geometric confinement

(2013) Flavia Libonati et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Structural Biological Materials: Critical Mechanics-Materials Connections

(2013) M. A. Meyers et al.   SCIENCE

Optimal Length Scales Emerging from Shear Load Transfer in Natural Materials: Application to Carbon-Based Nanocomposite Design

(2012) Xiaoding Wei et al.   ACS Nano

Two-Dimensional Subnanometer Confinement of Ethylene Glycol and Poly(ethylene oxide) by Neutron Spectroscopy: Molecular Size Effects

(2012) Fabienne Barroso-Bujans et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tuning the Mechanical Properties of Graphene Oxide Paper and Its Associated Polymer Nanocomposites by Controlling Cooperative Intersheet Hydrogen Bonding

(2011) Owen C. Compton et al.   ACS Nano

Dynamics of Nanoconfined Supercooled Liquids

(2011) R. Richert   Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Layered nanocomposites inspired by the structure and mechanical properties of nacre

(2011) Jianfeng Wang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Moisture-induced effects on the tensile mechanical properties and glass-transition temperature of poly(vinyl alcohol) films

(2011) M. V. Konidari et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Polymers under extreme two-dimensional confinement: Poly(ethylene oxide) in graphite oxide

(2011) Fabienne Barroso-Bujans et al.   Soft Matter

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

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

(2010) Andreas Walther et al.   NANO LETTERS

On the Fracture Toughness of Advanced Materials

(2009) Maximilien E. Launey et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired Assembly of Colloidal Nanoplatelets by Electric Field

(2009) Tzung-Hua Lin et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

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

Challenges in Glassy Dynamics of Polymers

(2008) Anatoli Serghei   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Dynamical and Structural Aspects of the Cold Crystallization of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)

(2008) Reidar Lund et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Effects of nanoscale dispersion in the dielectric properties of poly(vinyl alcohol)-bentonite nanocomposites

(2008) María C. Hernández et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

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

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