Freeze casting: from low‐dimensional building blocks to aligned porous structures—a review of novel materials, methods, and applications

G Shao, DAH Hanaor, X Shen, A Gurlo - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Freeze casting, also known as ice templating, is a particularly versatile technique that has
been applied extensively for the fabrication of well‐controlled biomimetic porous materials …

3D printing of bulk metallic glasses

C Zhang, D Ouyang, S Pauly, L Liu - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) being metallic materials without long-range order have
attracted a considerable amount of interest from academia and industry in the past three …

Ultrahigh strength and ductility in newly developed materials with coherent nanolamellar architectures

L Fan, T Yang, Y Zhao, J Luan, G Zhou, H Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Nano-lamellar materials with ultrahigh strengths and unusual physical properties are of
technological importance for structural applications. However, these materials generally …

Tough and conductive nacre‐inspired MXene/epoxy layered bulk nanocomposites

H Wang, R Lu, J Yan, J Peng… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A long‐standing quest in materials science has been the development of tough epoxy resin
nanocomposites for use in numerous applications. Inspired by nacre, here we report tough …

MXene‐reinforced cellulose nanofibril inks for 3D‐printed smart fibres and textiles

WT Cao, C Ma, DS Mao, J Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Fibre‐based materials have received tremendous attention due to their flexibility and
wearability. Although great efforts have been devoted to achieve high‐performance fibres …

Double‐layer nacre‐inspired polyimide‐mica nanocomposite films with excellent mechanical stability for LEO environmental conditions

XF Pan, B Wu, HL Gao, SM Chen, YB Zhu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to their outstanding comprehensive performance, polyimide (PI) composite films are
widely used on the external surfaces of spacecraft to protect them from the adverse …

3D-printed bioinspired Al2O3/polyurea dual-phase architecture with high robustness, energy absorption, and cyclic life

X Zhang, Q Meng, K Zhang, R Zhu, Z Qu, Y Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ceramics are attractive for structural components because of their excellent load-bearing
capacity. Nevertheless, inferior energy-absorbing ability and poor reliability under common …

A bioinspired ultratough composite produced by integration of inorganic ionic oligomers within polymer networks

Y Yu, K Kong, R Tang, Z Liu - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
The nacre-inspired laminates are promising materials for their excellent mechanics.
However, the interfacial defects between organic–inorganic phases commonly lead to the …

Structural and mechanical properties of fish scales for the bio-inspired design of flexible body armors: A review

P Rawat, D Zhu, MZ Rahman, F Barthelat - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural protection offered to living beings is the result of millions of years of biological
revolution. The protections provided in fishes, armadillos, and turtles by unique hierarchal …

Highly Robust Conductive Organo‐Hydrogels with Powerful Sensing Capabilities Under Large Mechanical Stress

T Li, H Qi, X Dong, G Li, W Zhai - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The low mechanical strength of conductive hydrogels (< 1 MPa) has been a significant
hurdle in their practical application, as they are prone to fracturing under complex …