With the increasing awareness of environmental protection and demand for smart homes
and high-performance composites, how to reduce the cost and improve their mechanical …

Hard biological materials—for example, seashells, bone or wood—fulfil critical structural
functions and display unique and attractive combinations of stiffness, strength and …

This monograph presents a general mathematical theory for biological growth. It provides
both a conceptual and a technical foundation for the understanding and analysis of …

We describe the in-plane compressive performance of a new type of hierarchical cellular
structure created by replacing cell walls in regular honeycombs with triangular lattice …

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 …

Highly mineralized natural materials such as teeth or mollusk shells boast unusual
combinations of stiffness, strength and toughness currently unmatched by engineering …

Today's materials research aims at excellent mechanical performance in combination with
advanced functionality. In this regard, great progress has been made in tailoring the …

Collagen constitutes one-third of the human proteome, providing mechanical stability,
elasticity, and strength to organisms and is the prime construction material in biology …

Flexible pressure sensors have received wide attention because of their potential
applications in wearable electronics and electronic skins (e-skins). However, the high …

Nature provides a wide range of materials with different functions and which may serve as a
source of bio-inspiration for the materials scientist. The article takes the point of view that a …