The development of personal protection systems with improved ballistic performance and
reduced weight has received a great interest in the last decade with the unfortunate ever …

Over millions of years Nature has attained highly optimized structural designs with
remarkable toughness, strength, damage resistance and damage tolerance-properties that …

Flexible reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets are being considered for applications in
portable electrical devices and flexible energy storage systems. However, the poor …

Thermally conductive but electrically insulating polymer composites are highly desirable for
thermal management applications because of their wide range of utilization, ease of …

Aggregation of two-dimensional (2D) nanosheet fillers in a polymer matrix is a prevalent
problem when the filler loading is high, leading to degradation of physical and mechanical …

The combination of high strength, great toughness, and high heat resistance for polymeric
materials is a vital factor for their practical applications. Unfortunately, until now it has …

Superhydrophobic silicone fouling-release (FR) nanocomposite coatings have gained
considerable interest as an eco-friendly and economic solution to combat biofouling …

Inspired by interfacial interactions of protein matrix and the crystal platelets in nacre, herein,
a super-tough artificial nacre was produced through constructing the synergistic interface …

The nacre-inspired laminates are promising materials for their excellent mechanics.
However, the interfacial defects between organic–inorganic phases commonly lead to the …

Inspired by the microstructures of naturally layered and highly oriented materials, such as
natural nacre, we report a thermally conductive polymer composite that consists of epoxy …