Reentrant feature widely exists in natural structures ranging from mushroom, overhang,
undercut, trapezoid, sphere, spatula and taper to sharp edge, and has triggered a …

Soft materials are materials with a low shear modulus relative to their bulk modulus and
where elastic restoring forces are mainly of entropic origin. A sparse population of strong …

Biological materials have robust hierarchical structures capable of specialized functions and
the incorporation of natural biologically active components, which have been finely tuned …

Polymer adhesion is ubiquitous in both the natural world and human technology. It is also a
complex multiscale phenomenon, such that the solution of adhesion problems requires a …

Hydrogels have promising applications in diverse areas, especially wet environments
including tissue engineering, wound dressing, biomedical devices, and underwater soft …

In nature, many organisms are able to accommodate a complex living environment by
developing biological wet adhesive surfaces with unique functions such as fixation and …

The special mechanical properties of nanoparticles allow for novel applications in many
fields, eg, surface engineering, tribology and nanomanufacturing/nanofabrication. In this …

Surface textures with micro-scale feature dimensions still hold great potential to enhance the
frictional performance of tribological systems. Apart from the ability of surface texturing to …

Oral administration is a pillar of the pharmaceutical industry and yet it remains challenging to
administer hydrophilic therapeutics by the oral route. Smart and controlled oral drug delivery …

Materials that adapt dynamically to environmental changes are currently limited to two-state
switching of single properties, and only a small number of strategies that may lead to …