Polymer-based responsive structural color materials

H Wang, H Zhang, Z Chen, Y Zhao, Z Gu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer-based responsive structural color materials are polymers with ordered
microstructures that can change colors. They offer unique advantages and present a novel …

Cephalopod-Inspired Nanomaterials for Optical and Thermal Regulation: Mechanisms, Applications and Perspectives

J Zhang, P Wang, W Xie, H Wang, Y Zhang, H Zhou - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
The manipulation of interactions between light and matter plays a crucial role in the
evolution of organisms and a better life for humans. As a result of natural selection, precise …

Squid‐Inspired Anti‐Salt Skin‐Like Elastomers With Superhigh Damage Resistance for Aquatic Soft Robots

C Chu, W Sun, S Chen, Y Jia, Y Ni, S Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cephalopod skins evolve multiple functions in response to environmental adaptation,
encompassing nonlinear mechanoreponse, damage tolerance property, and resistance to …

Hierarchical self-assembly of a reflectin-derived peptide

AMGC Dias, IP Moreira, I Lychko… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Reflectins are a family of intrinsically disordered proteins involved in cephalopod
camouflage, making them an interesting source for bioinspired optical materials …

Phosphate-binding protein-loaded iron oxide particles: adsorption performance for phosphorus removal and recovery from water

FB Hussein, AH Cannon, JM Hutchison… - … : Water Research & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Adsorbents featuring high-affinity phosphate-binding proteins (PBPs) have demonstrated
highly selective and rapid phosphorus removal and recovery. While immobilized PBP is …

Squid skin cell-inspired refractive index mapping of cells, vesicles, and nanostructures

A Chatterjee, P Pratakshya, AL Kwansa… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The fascination with the optical properties of naturally occurring systems has been driven in
part by nature's ability to produce a diverse palette of vibrant colors from a relatively small …

Peptide–protein interactions: from drug design to supramolecular biomaterials

A Caporale, S Adorinni, D Lamba, M Saviano - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The self-recognition and self-assembly of biomolecules are spontaneous processes that
occur in Nature and allow the formation of ordered structures, at the nanoscale or even at …

[HTML][HTML] Squid leucophore-inspired engineering of optically dynamic human cells

G Bogdanov, A Chatterjee, N Makeeva, A Farrukh… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Cephalopods (eg, squids, octopuses, and cuttlefishes) possess remarkable
dynamic camouflage abilities and therefore have emerged as powerful sources of …

Color‐Tunable Fluorescent Hierarchical Nanoassemblies with Concentration‐Encoded Emission

J Kong, W Li, S Zhao, J Zhang, T Yue, Y Wang, Y Xia… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cephalopods possess a dynamic coloration behavior to change their iridescence due to the
concentration‐induced optical properties of chromatophores and hierarchical assembly of …

At the intersection of natural structural coloration and bioengineering

A Chatterjee - Biomimetics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Most of us get inspired by and interact with the world around us based on visual cues such
as the colors and patterns that we see. In nature, coloration takes three primary forms …