Strategies for making high‐performance artificial spider silk fibers

B Schmuck, G Greco, TB Pessatti… - Advanced Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Artificial spider silk is an attractive material for many technical applications since it is a
biobased fiber that can be produced under ambient conditions but still outcompetes …

Spider silk-inspired tough materials: Multi-pathway synthesis, advanced processing, and functional applications

Y Su, S Shi, C Wang, Z Wang, P Li, S Zhang, B Fei… - Nano Today, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Tough materials play an important role in human society, from daily life, and industry to
military. However, the contradiction between strength and ductility limits the development of …

Programmable water/light dual‐responsive hollow hydrogel fiber actuator for efficient desalination with anti‐salt accumulation

H Liu, H Luo, J Huang, Z Chen, Z Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
An intelligent fiber actuator that can sense, adapt, and interact with environmental stimuli is
highly desirable for numerous applications. However, conventional fiber sensors have …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in soft electronics and robotics based on magnetic nanomaterials

X Lin, M Han - Soft Science, 2023‏ - oaepublish.com
Recent advancements in soft electronics and robotics have expanded the possibilities
beyond the capabilities of traditional rigid devices, indicating promise for a range of …

Effect of High-Anisotropic Co2+ Substitution for Ni2+ on the Structural, Magnetic, and Magnetostrictive Properties of NiFe2O4: Implications for Sensor Applications

M Satish, HM Shashanka, S Saha… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
This work reports on the effect of substituting a low-anisotropic and low-magnetic cation
(Ni2+, 2μB) by a high-anisotropic and high-magnetic cation (Co2+, 3μB) on the crystal …

High-performance magnetic artificial silk fibers produced by a scalable and eco-friendly production method

G Greco, B Schmuck, L Del Bianco, F Spizzo… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2024‏ - Springer
Flexible magnetic materials have great potential for biomedical and soft robotics
applications, but they need to be mechanically robust. An extraordinary material from a …

Artificial Spider Silk Materials: From Molecular Design, Mesoscopic Assembly, to Macroscopic Performances

YX Shi, YJ Zhu, ZG Qian, XX **a - Advanced Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Spider silk is one of the strongest and toughest fibrous materials available in nature. Its
superior properties make it a good candidate for applications in various fields ranging from …

Influence of experimental methods on the mechanical properties of silk fibers: A systematic literature review and future road map

G Greco, B Schmuck, SK Jalali, NM Pugno… - Biophysics reviews, 2023‏ - pubs.aip.org
Spider silk fibers are of scientific and industrial interest because of their extraordinary
mechanical properties. These properties are normally determined by tensile tests, but the …

Bioinspired acoustic metamaterials: From natural designs to optimized structures

VF Dal Poggetto - Frontiers in Materials, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Artificial structures known as phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials can be designed
by spatially arranging one or more materials to obtain desired wave manipulation …

Light‐Controlled Magnetic Properties: An Energy‐Efficient Opto‐Mechanical Control over Magnetic Films by Liquid Crystalline Networks

G Barrera, D Martella, F Celegato, N Fuochi… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Magnetostrictive materials are essential components in sensors, actuators, and energy‐
storage devices due to their ability to convert mechanical stress into changes in magnetic …