Polymeric tissue adhesives

S Nam, D Mooney - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymeric tissue adhesives provide versatile materials for wound management and are
widely used in a variety of medical settings ranging from minor to life-threatening tissue …

Biological materials: functional adaptations and bioinspired designs

PY Chen, J McKittrick, MA Meyers - Progress in Materials Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Biological materials are typically multifunctional but many have evolved to optimize a chief
mechanical function. These functions include impact or fracture resistance, armor and …

Bioinspired “cage traps” for closed-loop lead management of perovskite solar cells under real-world contamination assessment

H Luo, P Li, J Ma, X Li, H Zhu, Y Cheng, Q Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the remarkable progress made in perovskite solar cells, great concerns regarding
potential Pb contamination risk and environmental vulnerability risks associated with …

Bio-inspired design of multiscale structures for function integration

K Liu, L Jiang - Nano Today, 2011 - Elsevier
Multiscale structures of biological materials exhibit inherent multifunctional integration. This
special biological solution provides some inspiration for scientists and engineers to design …

Plastic in the air?!-Spider webs as spatial and temporal mirror for microplastics including tire wear particles in urban air

I Goßmann, R Süßmuth, BM Scholz-Böttcher - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Studies concerning quantities of microplastics (MP) including tire wear particles (TWP)
contamination in air samples are scarce. Spider webs have been suggested as a cheap and …

A spider‐silk‐inspired wet adhesive with supercold tolerance

X Liu, L Shi, X Wan, B Dai, M Yang, Z Gu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional adhesives often encounter interfacial failure in humid conditions due to small
droplets of water condensed on surface, but spider silks can capture prey in such …

Hydrogel adhesives for generalized wound treatment: Design and applications

M Li, G Pan, H Zhang, B Guo - Journal of Polymer Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wound refers to the place where human body is injured and ruptured. So, wounds in a
broad sense include not only skin wounds, but also damages of muscle, corneal, heart, and …

Recent progress in fabrication and characterisation of hierarchical biomimetic superhydrophobic structures

BN Sahoo, B Kandasubramanian - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we have reviewed brief ideas of fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces and their
important applications, which were discussed in the concluded national/international …

The form and function of spider orb webs: evolution from silk to ecosystems

TA Blackledge, M Kuntner, I Agnarsson - Advances in insect physiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Spiders are the preeminent silk craftsmen among arthropods and are best known for
producing aerial orb webs that snare flying insects. Orb web spiders are ubiquitous …

Non-invasive determination of the complete elastic moduli of spider silks

KJ Koski, P Akhenblit, K McKiernan, JL Yarger - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
Spider silks possess nature's most exceptional mechanical properties, with unrivalled
extensibility and high tensile strength. Unfortunately, our understanding of silks is limited …