Liquid-repellent surfaces, especially smooth solid surfaces with covalently grafted flexible
polymer brushes or alkyl monolayers, are the focus of an expanding research area. Surface …

Crustacean waste, consisting of shells and other inedible fractions, represents an
underutilized source of chitin. Here, we explore developments in the field of crustacean …

Anisotropy is the characteristic of a material to exhibit variations in its mechanical, electrical,
thermal, optical properties, etc. along different directions. Anisotropic materials have …

Synthetic biology applies genetic tools to engineer living cells and organisms analogous to
the programming of machines. In materials synthetic biology, engineering principles from …

The rich structures and hierarchical organizations in nature provide many sources of
inspiration for advanced material designs. We wish to recapitulate properties such as high …

To address the growing energy demands of sustainable development, it is crucial to develop
new materials that can improve the efficiency of energy storage systems. Hierarchically …

Understanding chirality, or handedness, in molecules is important because of the
enantioselectivity that is observed in many biochemical reactions 1, and because of the …

The research on superwetting surfaces with a self-healing function against various damages
has progressed rapidly in the recent decade. They are expected to be an effective approach …

This review article summarizes the current state-of-the-art for biomimicry in additive
manufacturing. Biomimicry is the practice of learning from and emulating nature-which can …

Water manipulation is crucial for a wide range of engineering applications, such as
microfluidics, heat transfer, desalination, and water harvesting. Despite scientific …