Successful materials design for bone-tissue engineering requires an understanding of the
composition and structure of native bone tissue, as well as appropriate selection of …

Self-healing materials are attracting increasing interest of the research community, over the
last decades, due to their efficiency in detecting and “autonomically” healing damage …

The lifetime of man-made materials is controlled largely by the wear and tear of everyday
use, environmental stress and unexpected damage, which ultimately lead to failure and …

Z-pinned laminates and sandwich materials are an important class of composites with
current applications in aircraft and emerging uses in other light-weight engineered products …

An increase in system-level efficiency and multifunctionality of products and components is
one of the main advantages of the use of some novel polyvalent materials and structures …

Corrosion is a natural phenomenon which significantly deteriorates metal properties. The
existing corrosion protection methods are costly and require a regular replacement of …

This paper reviews multifunctional structural materials, particularly continuous fiber polymer-
matrix composites. The non-structural functions include sensing, EMI shielding, heating …

Designing aerogel materials featuring both high thermal insulation property and excellent
mechanical robustness is of great interest for applications in superior integrated energy …

Increasing awareness for sustainability has led to the development of smart self-healing
materials, which can extend the service life and improve safety without human intervention …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201400248 can open on the order of hundreds of microns in the
thickness direction and span length scales ranging from millimeters to centimeters in …