The ongoing growth of three-dimensional (3D) printing has started to expand into the
medical field. To date, the main challenge is a lack of information surrounding the materials …

Up to now, rubber materials have been used in a wide range of applications, from
automotive parts to special-design engineering pieces, as well as in the pharmaceutical …

Accurate tissue phantoms are difficult to design due to the complex non-linear viscoelastic
properties of real soft tissues. A composite hydrogel, resulting from a mix of poly (vinyl) …

Carbon‐based fiber materials are widely used in aerospace, military, and electronics owing
to their outstanding comprehensive properties. However, the high degree of crystallization …

Nonrubber components (NRCs) contribute to the natural networks and endow natural rubber
(NR) with exceptional qualities. It is known that the previously proposed NR microstructure …

Natural rubber (NR) films with different natural networks—concentrated NR (CNR),
deproteinized NR (DPNR), and small rubber particles (SRP)—are investigated to explore …

There have been several reports investigating independent properties of large-(LRP) and
small rubber particles (SRP). This work envisaged that, when co-existing, they could offer …

Coloring carbon fiber has always been a challenge due to its inherent high crystallinity and
insufficient affinity for chemical dyes. Herein, multicolored carbon fiber cloths were simply …

Natural amorphous photonic crystals benefit from reflectance at selective wavelengths in
some specific existing natural systems. Noniridescence from natural organisms has also …

Natural rubber (NR) contains cis-1, 4-polyisoprene and many kinds of non-rubber
components, eg, proteins, lipids and phospholipids, which are believed to affect the …