Bioinspired engineering of honeycomb structure–Using nature to inspire human innovation

Q Zhang, X Yang, P Li, G Huang, S Feng… - Progress in Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Honeycomb structures, inspired from bee honeycombs, had found widespread applications
in various fields, including architecture, transportation, mechanical engineering, chemical …

Breath figure: a nature-inspired preparation method for ordered porous films

A Zhang, H Bai, L Li - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Breath Figure: A Nature-Inspired Preparation Method for Ordered Porous Films | Chemical
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Fabrication of polymeric biomaterials: a strategy for tissue engineering and medical devices

F Khan, M Tanaka, SR Ahmad - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymeric biomaterials have a significant impact in today's health care technology. Polymer
hydrogels were the first experimentally designed biomaterials for human use. In this article …

Breath figures as a dynamic templating method for polymers and nanomaterials

UHF Bunz - Advanced Materials, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the use of breath figures as a templating method for the fabrication of
self‐assembled polymeric‐and nanoparticle‐based micro‐and nanostructures. If moist air is …

Various preparation methods of highly porous hydroxyapatite/polymer nanoscale biocomposites for bone regeneration

F Sun, H Zhou, J Lee - Acta biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering utilizes expertise in the fields of materials science, biology, chemistry,
transplantation medicine, and engineering to design materials that can temporarily serve in …

Towards hierarchically ordered functional porous polymeric surfaces prepared by the breath figures approach

A Munoz-Bonilla, M Fernández-García… - Progress in Polymer …, 2014 - Elsevier
This article reviews the approaches developed to prepare and characterize porous
structured materials by using the breath figures (BF) methodology. In particular, we have …

Striking a Balance: Exploring Optimal Functionalities and Composition of Highly Adhesive and Dispersing Binders for High‐Nickel Cathodes in Lithium‐Ion Batteries

D Jeong, DS Kwon, HJ Kim… - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nickel‐rich layered oxide, LiNixCoyMnzO2 (NCM, x> 0.8), has emerged as a promising
cathode material for lithium‐ion batteries due to its high specific capacity and energy …

Building nanostructures using RAFT polymerization

C Boyer, MH Stenzel, TP Davis - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization is one of the most
extensively studied controlled/living radical polymerization methods that has been used to …

Single-step fabrication of transparent superhydrophobic porous polymer films

H Yabu, M Shimomura - Chemistry of materials, 2005 - ACS Publications
Single-Step Fabrication of Transparent Superhydrophobic Porous Polymer Films |
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High-throughput fabrication of antimicrobial phage microgels and example applications in food decontamination

L Tian, K Jackson, L He, S Khan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Engineered by nature, biological entities are exceptional building blocks for biomaterials.
These entities can impart enhanced functionalities on the final material that are otherwise …