The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering

CF Guimarães, L Gasperini, AP Marques… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The past 20 years have witnessed ever-growing evidence that the mechanical properties of
biological tissues, from nanoscale to macroscale dimensions, are fundamental for cellular …

Untapped potential of deep eutectic solvents for the synthesis of bioinspired inorganic–organic materials

M Wysokowski, RK Luu, S Arevalo, E Khare… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Since the discovery of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) in 2003, significant progress has been
made in the field, specifically advancing aspects of their preparation and physicochemical …

[HTML][HTML] High-strength and ultra-tough whole spider silk fibers spun from transgenic silkworms

J Mi, Y Zhou, S Ma, X Zhou, S Xu, Y Yang, Y Sun, Q ** sustainable, eco-friendly high-strength and
ultra-tough alternatives to non-sustainable synthetic fibers, such as nylon, is crucial. This …

Modeling and design of heterogeneous hierarchical bioinspired spider web structures using deep learning and additive manufacturing

W Lu, NA Lee, MJ Buehler - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - pnas.org
Spider webs are incredible biological structures, comprising thin but strong silk filament and
arranged into complex hierarchical architectures with striking mechanical properties (eg …

Robust myco-composites: a biocomposite platform for versatile hybrid-living materials

SC Shen, NA Lee, WJ Lockett, AD Acuil… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Fungal mycelium, a living network of filamentous threads, thrives on lignocellulosic waste
and exhibits rapid growth, hydrophobicity, and intrinsic regeneration, offering a potential …

Tough PEGgels by in situ phase separation for 4D printing

Z Wang, M Heck, W Yang, M Wilhelm… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer gels, consisting of cross‐linked polymer network systems swollen by a solvent,
show great potential in biomedicine, flexible electronics, and artificial muscles, due to their …

Designing architected materials for mechanical compression via simulation, deep learning, and experimentation

AJ Lew, K **, MJ Buehler - npj Computational Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Architected materials can achieve enhanced properties compared to their plain
counterparts. Specific architecting serves as a powerful design lever to achieve targeted …

A computational building block approach towards multiscale architected materials analysis and design with application to hierarchical metal metamaterials

MJ Buehler - Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study we report a computational approach towards multiscale architected materials
analysis and design. A particular challenge in modeling and simulation of materials, and …

Natural load-bearing protein materials

MJ Harrington, P Fratzl - Progress in Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological tissues in animals generally consist an extracellular matrix often with cells
embedded in it. These materials are primarily comprised of different protein building blocks …

A universal mechanical framework for noncovalent interface in laminated nanocomposites

ZZ He, YB Zhu, HA Wu - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2022 - Elsevier
Owing to the recoverable nature of noncovalent interactions, laminated nanocomposites
dominated by noncovalent interfaces can deform inelastically and generate large relative …