bioinspired nanocomposites | walther-lab 4/4

This page lists most of our publications starting from 2014.

Total: ca. 200 Publications

Please refer to Google Scholar for a complete list.

Humidity and Multiscale Structure Govern Mechanical Properties and Deformation Modes in Films of Nat

Get the full paper here: Biomacromolecules, 14, 4497 (2013). Nanopapers formed by stiff and strong native cellulose nanofibrils are...

Facile Access to Large-Scale, Self-Assembled, Nacre-Inspired, High-Performance Materials with Tunabl

Get the full article here: ACS Appl. Mat. Int. 5, 3738 (2013). Although advances have been reported to mimic the mechanically excellent...

Hydration and Dynamic State of Nanoconfined Polymer Layers Govern Toughness in Nacre-mimetic Nanocom

Get the full article here: Adv. Mater. 25, 5055 (2013). Biological high-performance composites inspire to create new tough, strong, and...

Ionic supramolecular bonds preserve mechanical properties and enable synergetic performance at high

Get the full article here: Nanoscale, 5, 9348 (2013). Although tremendous effort has been focused on enhancing the mechanical properties...

Multifunctional High-Performance Biofibers based on Wet-Extrusion of Renewable Native Cellulose Nano

Get the full paper here: Adv. Mater. 23, 2924 (2011) Renewable high-performance macroscopic functional fibers are prepared by a simple...

Supramolecular Control of Stiffness and Strength in Lightweight High-Performance Nacre-mimetic Paper

Get the full paper here: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49, 6448 (2010). Taking the heat: Hard/soft core/shell colloidal building blocks allow...

Large-Area, Lightweight and Thick Biomimetic Composites with Superior Material Properties via Fast,

Get the full paper here: Nano Letters, 10, 2742 (2010). Although remarkable success has been achieved to mimic the mechanically excellent...