The extraordinary properties of biological materials often result from their sophisticated
hierarchical structures. Through multilevel and cross-scale structural designs, biological …

The surprising properties of biomaterials are the results of billions of years of evolution.
Generally, biomaterials are assembled under mild conditions with very limited supply of …

For more than 5000 years, organic–inorganic composite materials created by men via skill
and serendipity have been part of human culture and customs. The concept of “hybrid …

Nature provides us with a multitude of design solutions finely tuned by natural selection.
Biomimetic, taking the shortcut of “Learning from Nature”, transfers optimum designs in …

Underwater superhydrophobic surfaces stand as a promising frontier in materials science,
holding immense potential for applications in underwater infrastructure, vehicles, pipelines …

Nature is a huge gallery of art involving nearly perfect structures and forms over the millions
of years develo**. Inspiration from natural structures exhibiting structural colors is first …

The fine nanostructure on the cicada wing of Cryptotympana atrata fabricius, which exhibits
hydrophobicity and antireflectivity, is carefully examined. A promising strategy is proposed …

The Morpho butterfly's wings display beautiful, naturally-occurring iridescent colors that are
produced by incident light interacting with periodic nanostructures on wing scales. This type …

The bright and iridescent blue color from Morpho butterfly wings has attracted worldwide
attentions to explore its mysterious nature for long time. Although the physics of structural …

In this study, a nanoimprinting method was introduced to fabricate polycarbonate films with
transparent and flexible photonic crystal (FPC) structures. The fabricated flexible polymer …