Bioinspired additive manufacturing of hierarchical materials: From biostructures to functions

J Wei, F Pan, H Ping, K Yang, Y Wang, Q Wang, Z Fu - Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Throughout billions of years, biological systems have evolved sophisticated, multiscale
hierarchical structures to adapt to changing environments. Biomaterials are synthesized …

Advanced composites inspired by biological structures and functions in nature: architecture design, strengthening mechanisms, and mechanical‐functional responses

H Dai, W Dai, Z Hu, W Zhang, G Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The natural design and coupling of biological structures are the root of realizing the high
strength, toughness, and unique functional properties of biomaterials. Advanced architecture …

Biomimetic mineralization: From microscopic to macroscopic materials and their biomedical applications

Y Zhou, K Liu, H Zhang - ACS applied bio materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomineralization is an attractive pathway to produce mineral-based biomaterials with high
performance and hierarchical structures. To date, the biomineralization process and …

A Drug‐Mineralized Hydrogel Orchestrated by Spontaneous Dynamic Mineralization

J Liu, X Zhang, C Xiao, X Chen - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fabrication of mineralized materials through the nature‐mimicking dynamic
biomineralization process has attracted great interest but remains a huge challenge till now …

Biomimetic design strategies for biomedical applications

X Wei, Y Wang, Y Liu, K Ji, K Li, J Wang, Z Gu - Matter, 2024 - cell.com
Creatures in nature adapt to changing environments by shaping their structures and
functions in ingenious ways. A major focus of current biomedical research is seeking …

Guidelines derived from biomineralized tissues for design and construction of high-performance biomimetic materials: from weak to strong

HP Yu, YJ Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Living organisms in nature have undergone continuous evolution over billions of years,
resulting in the formation of high-performance fracture-resistant biomineralized tissues such …

Organized mineralized cellulose nanostructures for biomedical applications

Y Feng, H Cölfen, R Xiong - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose is the most abundant naturally-occurring polymer, and possesses a one-
dimensional (1D) anisotropic crystalline nanostructure with outstanding mechanical …

Bottling Liquid‐Like Minerals for Advanced Materials Synthesis

MB Gindele, S Nolte, KM Stock, K Kebel… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Materials synthesis via liquid‐like mineral precursors has been studied since their discovery
almost 25 years ago, because their properties offer several advantages, for example, the …

Interfacial Supra-Assembly of Copolymer Nanoparticles Enables the Formation of Nanocomposite Crystals with a Tunable Internal Structure

Z Zhao, W Chen, Q Li, B Xiong, Y Ning… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
It is highly desirable but technically challenging to precisely control the spatial composition
and internal structure of crystalline nanocomposite materials, especially in a one-pot …

Controlled deformation of soft nanogel particles generates artificial biominerals with ordered internal structure

Y Dong, J Chi, Z Ren, B Xiong, Z Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biominerals can exhibit exceptional mechanical properties owing to their hierarchically‐
ordered organic/inorganic nanocomposite structure. However, synthetic routes to oriented …