Bio-inspired functional surfaces for advanced applications

A Malshe, K Rajurkar, A Samant, HN Hansen, S Bapat… - CIRP Annals, 2013 - Elsevier
Over millions of years, biological subjects have been in continuous combat with extreme
environmental conditions. The fittest have survived through continuous evolution, an …

Advances in bioinspired triboelectric nanogenerators

M Mayer, X Xiao, J Yin, G Chen, J Xu… - Advanced Electronic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have quickly become one of the most popular
mechanisms for harvesting ambient mechanical energy due to their simple design, facile …

Development of stable superhydrophobic coatings on aluminum surface for corrosion-resistant, self-cleaning, and anti-icing applications

S Zheng, C Li, Q Fu, W Hu, T Xiang, Q Wang, M Du… - Materials & Design, 2016 - Elsevier
Aluminum (Al) has been widely used in numerous applications, but it is prone to
contamination or damage under harsh working environments. In this paper, a …

Diversification of the forest industries: role of new wood-based products

E Hurmekoski, R Jonsson, J Korhonen… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
This study identifies new wood-based products with considerable potential and attractive
markets, including textiles, liquid biofuels, platform chemicals, plastics, and packaging. We …

Roll to roll triboelectric fiber manufacturing for smart-textile self-powered sensor and harvester

A Khan, T Alam, M Rashid, SR Mir, G Hossain - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The integration of a multifunctional electronic textile-based triboelectric nanogenerator
(TENG) with miniaturized devices has opened up a new horizon in the field of wearable …

Sperm cell driven microrobots—emerging opportunities and challenges for biologically inspired robotic design

AV Singh, MHD Ansari, M Mahajan, S Srivastava… - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the advent of small-scale robotics, several exciting new applications like Targeted Drug
Delivery, single cell manipulation and so forth, are being discussed. However, some …

Biomimetic multifunctional surfaces inspired from animals

Z Han, Z Mu, W Yin, W Li, S Niu, J Zhang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Over millions of years, animals have evolved to a higher intelligent level for their
environment. A large number of diverse surface structures on their bodies have been formed …

A “simple” donor–acceptor AIEgen with multi-stimuli responsive behavior

J Zhang, A Li, H Zou, J Peng, J Guo, W Wu… - Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
There is still an urgent demand for novel smart materials that can achieve a diverse range of
practical applications in the synthetic material area. Herein, we developed a simple but …

Overcoming challenges and innovations in orthopedic prosthesis design: an interdisciplinary perspective

PG Kulkarni, N Paudel, S Magar, MF Santilli… - Biomedical Materials & …, 2024 - Springer
Recent advances in the orthopedic prostheses design have significantly improved the
quality of life for individuals with orthopedic disabilities. However, there are still critical …

Evaluating Particle Emissions and Toxicity of 3D Pen Printed Filaments with Metal Nanoparticles As Additives: In Vitro and in Silico Discriminant Function Analysis

AV Singh, RS Maharjan, H Jungnickel… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The emergence of low-cost 3D printing (particularly with 3D pens) in the home and school
environment is a matter of concern since there is a lack of data confirming its safe …