The complex structure of wood, one of the most abundant biomaterials on Earth, has been
optimized over 270 million years of tree evolution. This optimization has led to the highly …

How do trees support their upright massive bodies? The support comes from the incredibly
strong and stiff, and highly crystalline nanoscale fibrils of extended cellulose chains, called …

Plants have evolved complex nanofibril-based cell walls to meet diverse biological and
physical constraints. How strength and extensibility emerge from the nanoscale-to …

Biological materials found in Nature such as nacre and bone are well recognized as light‐
weight, strong, and tough structural materials. The remarkable toughness and damage …

Throughout the world there have been alarming concerns over the use of nonrenewable
resources during manufacturing of goods and associated environmental legislations …

Many biological tissues, such as wood and bone, are fiber composites with a hierarchical
structure. Their exceptional mechanical properties are believed to be due to a functional …

The degradable nature of high-performance, wood-based materials is an attractive
advantage when considering environmental factors such as sustainability, recycling, and …

Nanofibrillar materials, such as cellulose, chitin and silk, are highly ordered architectures,
formed through the self-assembly of repetitive building blocks into higher-order structures …

As intelligent technology surges forward, wearable electronics have emerged as versatile
tools for monitoring health and sensing our surroundings. Among these advancements …

Silk features exceptional mechanical properties such as high tensile strength and great
extensibility, making it one of the toughest materials known. The exceptional strength of …