Advanced bio-inspired structural materials: Local properties determine overall performance

B Zhang, Q Han, J Zhang, Z Han, S Niu, L Ren - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural materials have always attracted intensive attention from multidisciplinary scientists
all over the world. In fact, the ingenious and reasonable synthetic strategies of the limited …

Bioinspired strategies for excellent mechanical properties of composites

X Peng, B Zhang, Z Wang, W Su, S Niu, Z Han… - Journal of Bionic …, 2022 - Springer
Developing high-performance composite materials is of great significance as a strong
support for high-end manufacturing. However, the design and optimization of composite …

[HTML][HTML] The mechanical, hygral, and interfacial strength of continuous bamboo fiber reinforced epoxy composites

JK Huang, WB Young - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
This study is to investigate the mechanical, hygral, and interfacial strength of continuous
bamboo fiber reinforced epoxy composites. The untreated and alkali-treated continuous …

Robust flexural performance and fracture behavior of TiO2 decorated densified bamboo as sustainable structural materials

Z Ba, H Luo, J Guan, J Luo, J Gao, S Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-performance, fast-growing natural materials with sustainable and functional features
currently arouse significant attention. Here, facile processing, involving delignification, in situ …

Bamboo‐Inspired Structurally Efficient Materials with a Large Continuous Gradient

A Mao, J Chen, X Bu, L Tian, W Gao, E Saiz, H Bai - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Because of its light weight and high strength, bamboo is used in many applications around
the world. Natural bamboo is built from fiber‐reinforced material and exhibits a porous …

[HTML][HTML] Eco-friendly, high-utilization, and easy-manufacturing bamboo units for engineered bamboo products: Processing and mechanical characterization

B Huang, L Chen, X Wang, X Ma, H Liu, X Zhang… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bamboo units used for manufacturing engineered bamboo products are typically processed
by breaking and planing, resulting in products with high glue content, substantial costs, and …

Review on the application of bamboo-based materials in construction engineering

B Shu, Z Xiao, L Hong, S Zhang, C Li… - Journal of Renewable …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Due to the continuously increasing demand for building materials across the world, it is
necessary to use renewable materials in place of the existing nonrenewable materials in …

Through-culm wall mechanical behaviour of bamboo

Y Akinbade, KA Harries, CV Flower, I Nettleship… - … and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Performance of full-culm bamboo structures is dominated by longitudinal splitting behaviour,
often exacerbated by connection details. This behaviour is a function of the transverse …

Lignin-enhanced wet strength of cellulose-based materials: a sustainable approach

H Huang, C Xu, X Zhu, B Li, C Huang - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose is the most abundant renewable polymer resource in nature and cellulose-based
materials are expected to serve as viable replacements to petroleum-based plastic products …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of gradient distribution and aggregate structure of fibers on the flexibility and flexural toughness of natural moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)

X Wei, G Wang, LM Smith, X Chen, H Jiang - Journal of Materials Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bamboo is a unidirectional fiber-reinforced material with excellent flexibility and flexural
toughness arising from its unique cellular hierarchical structure, which creates an urgent …