Polymeric materials produced from fossil fuels have been intimately linked to the
development of industrial activities in the 20th century and, consequently, to the …

The last decade has witnessed an extensive uptake of clean and sustainable energy
sources to meet the surging energy demand while mitigating the increasing levels of …

Marine mussels secret protein‐based adhesives, which enable them to anchor to various
surfaces in a saline, intertidal zone. Mussel foot proteins (Mfps) contain a large abundance …

Materials with switchable mechanical properties are widespread in living organisms and
endow many species with traits that are essential for their survival. Many of the mechanically …

There is an urgent need to improve the sustainability of the materials we produce and use.
Here, we explore what humans can learn from nature about how to sustainably fabricate …

The extensible byssal threads of marine mussels are shielded from abrasion in wave-swept
habitats by an outer cuticle that is largely proteinaceous and approximately fivefold harder …

Biological composites have evolved elaborate hierarchical structures to achieve outstanding
mechanical properties using weak but readily available building blocks. Combining the …

Protein‐metal interactions—traditionally regarded for roles in metabolic processes—are now
known to enhance the performance of certain biogenic materials, influencing properties …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201306137 with a neutral monomer (N-hydroxyethyl acrylamide; HEA)
using photopolymerization.[16] Hydrogels were locally printed with Fe 3+ transitional metal …

The structure of human cortical bone evolves over multiple length scales from its basic
constituents of collagen and hydroxyapatite at the nanoscale to osteonal structures at near …