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 …

The performance degradation of electrochemical energy storage devices such as batteries
is one of the largest challenges hindering their many practical applications. Develo** …

This is a review of the theoretical and applied progress made based on the Constructal law
of design and evolution in nature, with emphasis on the last decade. The Constructal law is …

Self-healing composites are composite materials capable of automatic recovery when
damaged. They are inspired by biological systems such as the human skin which are …

Frontal Polymerization (FP) was recently demonstrated as a faster, more energy-efficient
way to manufacture fiber-reinforced thermosetting-polymer-matrix composites. FP uses heat …

Recent advances in manufacturing based on sacrificial fiber or template techniques have
allowed complex networks of microchannels to be embedded in microvascular composites …

A microvascular network within a composite structure can significantly boost its performance.
However, properties of microvascular network and host structure largely depend on the …

Construction of bioinspired vasculature in synthetic materials enables multi-functional
performance via mass transport through internal fluidic networks. However, exact …

Building on a recently developed optimization method based on an interface-enriched
generalized finite element method, multiple objective functions are considered for the …

Microvascular materials containing internal microchannels are able to achieve multi-
functionality by flowing different fluids through vasculature. Active cooling is one application …