Chemical syntheses of bioinspired and biomimetic polymers toward biobased materials

MS Ganewatta, Z Wang, C Tang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
The rich structures and hierarchical organizations in nature provide many sources of
inspiration for advanced material designs. We wish to recapitulate properties such as high …

Emerging hemostatic materials for non-compressible hemorrhage control

R Dong, H Zhang, B Guo - National Science Review, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Non-compressible hemorrhage control is a big challenge in both civilian life and the
battlefield, causing a majority of deaths among all traumatic injury mortalities. Unexpected …

ECM-mimetic immunomodulatory hydrogel for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus–infected chronic skin wound healing

W Liu, R Gao, C Yang, Z Feng, W Ou-Yang, X Pan… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The treatment of difficult-to-heal wounds remains a substantial clinical challenge due to
deteriorative tissue microenvironment including the loss of extracellular matrix (ECM) …

Bioinspired sensor system for health care and human‐machine interaction

J Xue, Y Zou, Y Deng, Z Li - EcoMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired sensor system leads the development of new generation sensor technology with
remarkable features like ultra‐sensitivity, low‐power consumption and self‐adaptability. With …

A review of nacre-inspired materials: Chemistry, strengthening-deformation mechanism, synthesis, and applications

D Madhav, B Buffel, P Moldenaers… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomimetic material development takes inspiration from biological materials and organisms
that possess extraordinary properties or appearance, such as excellent mechanical strength …

[HTML][HTML] Biomimetic scaffolds using triply periodic minimal surface-based porous structures for biomedical applications

R Pugliese, S Graziosi - SLAS technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The design of biomimetic porous scaffolds has been gaining attention in the biomedical
sector lately. Shells, marine sponges, shark teeth, cancellous bone, sea urchin spine, and …

Obtaining auxetic and isotropic metamaterials in counterintuitive design spaces: an automated optimization approach and experimental characterization

T Meier, R Li, S Mavrikos, B Blankenship… - npj Computational …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent advancements in manufacturing, finite element analysis (FEA), and optimization
techniques have expanded the design possibilities for metamaterials, including isotropic …

Global analysis of the mechanical properties of organic crystals

DP Karothu, J Mahmoud Halabi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Organic crystals, although widely studied, have not been considered nascent candidate
materials in engineering design. Here we summarize the mechanical properties of organic …

Evolution of anodised titanium for implant applications

J Alipal, TC Lee, P Koshy, HZ Abdullah, MI Idris - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Anodised titanium has a long history as a coating structure for implants due to its bioactive
and ossified surface, which promotes rapid bone integration. In response to the growing …

Bio-inspired auxetic mechanical metamaterials evolved from rotating squares unit

A Sorrentino, D Castagnetti, L Mizzi, A Spaggiari - Mechanics of Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
This work investigates the mechanical response of bio-inspired titanium mechanical
metamaterials with negative Poisson's ratio evolved from rotating squares unit. The systems …