A review of nacre-inspired materials: Chemistry, strengthening-deformation mechanism, synthesis, and applications

D Madhav, B Buffel, P Moldenaers… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomimetic material development takes inspiration from biological materials and organisms
that possess extraordinary properties or appearance, such as excellent mechanical strength …

Sustainable and safer nanoclay composites for multifaceted applications

VVT Padil, KPA Kumar, S Murugesan… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoclays, 2D layered mineral silicates, have been used for centuries and have retained a
prominent role in advancing materials science and technology. This class of materials has …

Simultaneous production and functionalization of boron nitride nanosheets by sugar‐assisted mechanochemical exfoliation

S Chen, R Xu, J Liu, X Zou, L Qiu, F Kang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their extraordinary properties, boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) have great promise
for many applications. However, the difficulty of their efficient preparation and their poor …

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 …

Room‐temperature phosphorescence enabled through nacre‐mimetic nanocomposite design

X Yao, J Wang, D Jiao, Z Huang, O Mhirsi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A generic, facile, and waterborne strategy is introduced to fabricate flexible, low‐cost
nanocomposite films with room‐temperature phosphorescence (RTP) by incorporating …

Remalleable, healable, and highly sustainable supramolecular polymeric materials combining superhigh strength and ultrahigh toughness

W Niu, Y Zhu, R Wang, Z Lu, X Liu… - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
To build a sustainable society, it is of significant importance but highly challenging to
develop remalleable, healable, and biodegradable polymeric materials with integrated high …

A bioinspired ultratough multifunctional mica-based nanopaper with 3D aramid nanofiber framework as an electrical insulating material

F Zeng, X Chen, G **ao, H Li, S **a, J Wang - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
The rapid development of modern electrical equipment toward miniaturization and high
power puts forward stringent requirements to the mechanical reliability, dielectric property …

Unprecedentedly tough, folding‐endurance, and multifunctional graphene‐based artificial nacre with predesigned 3D nanofiber network as matrix

Y Wang, S **a, H Li, J Wang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mimicking the hierarchical brick‐and‐mortar architecture of natural nacre provides great
opportunities for the design and synthesis of multifunctional artificial materials. The crucial …

Self-assembled bioinspired nanocomposites

F Lossada, D Hoenders, J Guo, D Jiao… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Bioinspired materials engineering impacts the design of advanced functional
materials across many domains of sciences from wetting behavior to optical and mechanical …

Aqueous phase phosphorescence: ambient triplet harvesting of purely organic phosphors via supramolecular scaffolding

S Kuila, KV Rao, S Garain, PK Samanta… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ambient solution and amorphous state room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) from
purely organic chromophores is rarely achieved. Remarkable stabilization of triplet excitons …