Polymeric materials produced from fossil fuels have been intimately linked to the
development of industrial activities in the 20th century and, consequently, to the …

In recent decades, origami has been explored to aid in the design of engineering structures.
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …

Connecting different electronic devices is usually straightforward because they have paired,
standardized interfaces, in which the shapes and sizes match each other perfectly. Tissue …

Abstract 4D printing has attracted tremendous worldwide attention during the past decade.
This technology enables the shape, property, or functionality of printed structures to change …

Natural structural materials often possess unique combinations of strength and toughness
resulting from their complex hierarchical assembly across multiple length scales. However …

Because of the aging human population and increased numbers of surgical procedures
being performed, there is a growing number of biomedical devices being implanted each …

The manipulation of internal interactions at the molecular level within biological fibers is of
particular importance but challenging, severely limiting their tunability in macroscopic …

Exploring bio-inspired nanomaterials (BINMs) and incorporating them into
micro/nanodevices represent a significant development in biomedical applications …

Designing electronic skin (e-skin) with proteins is a critical way to endow e-skin with
biocompatibility, but engineering protein structures to achieve controllable mechanical …

Histidine, a versatile proteinogenic amino acid, plays a broad range of roles in all living
organisms and behaves as a key mediator of the interactions of biomolecules with inorganic …