Recent advances of bioinspired functional materials with specific wettability: from nature and beyond nature

Y Sun, Z Guo - Nanoscale Horizons, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Through 3.7 billion years of evolution and natural selection, plants and animals in nature
have ingeniously fulfilled a broad range of fascinating functions to achieve optimized …

Slippery lubricant‐infused surfaces: properties and emerging applications

J Li, E Ueda, D Paulssen… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired lubricant‐infused surfaces exhibit various unique properties attributed to their
liquid‐like and molecularly smooth nature. Excellent liquid repellency and “slippery” …

Biomimetic enzyme cascade reaction system in microfluidic electrospray microcapsules

H Wang, Z Zhao, Y Liu, C Shao, F Bian, Y Zhao - Science Advances, 2018 - science.org
Mimicking subcellular compartments containing enzymes in organisms is considered a
promising approach to substitute for missing or lost cellular functions. Inspired by the …

Anisotropic structural color particles from colloidal phase separation

H Wang, Y Liu, Z Chen, L Sun, Y Zhao - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
Structural color materials have been studied for decades because of their fascinating
properties. Effects in this area are the trend to develop functional structural color materials …

Programmable wettability on photocontrolled graphene film

J Wang, W Gao, H Zhang, M Zou, Y Chen, Y Zhao - Science Advances, 2018 - science.org
Surface materials with specific wettability play important roles in a wide variety of areas from
science to industry. We present a novel paraffin-infused porous graphene film (PIPGF) with …

Bio-inspired intelligent structural color materials

L Shang, W Zhang, K Xu, Y Zhao - Materials Horizons, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioinspired structural color materials represent a curiosity-led, technology-driven field with
multidisciplinary research studies aiming at mimicking and recapitulating natural coloration …

Mechanochromism of structural‐colored materials

G Chen, W Hong - Advanced Optical Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Structural colors widespread in nature have been theoretically in‐depth studied and
manufactured through the artificial approaches such as self‐assembly and nanolithography …

Nature-inspired adhesive systems

M Li, A Mao, Q Guan, E Saiz - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Many organisms in nature thrive in intricate habitats through their unique bio-adhesive
surfaces, facilitating tasks such as capturing prey and reproduction. It's important to note that …

Designing liquid‐infused surfaces for medical applications: a review

C Howell, A Grinthal, S Sunny, M Aizenberg… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The development of new technologies is key to the continued improvement of medicine,
relying on comprehensive materials design strategies that can integrate advanced …

Bio-inspired self-healing structural color hydrogel

F Fu, Z Chen, Z Zhao, H Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Biologically inspired self-healing structural color hydrogels were developed by adding a
glucose oxidase (GOX)-and catalase (CAT)-filled glutaraldehyde cross-linked BSA hydrogel …