A bio-inspired approach to engineering water-responsive, mechanically-adaptive materials

2025/01/01 by Daseul Jang, Yu-Tai Wong, LaShanda T. J. Korley · 1 voice
Engineering · Materials Science · #3D Printing in Biomedical Research #Advanced Materials and Mechanics #Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d4me00177j

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/22

Abstract

This paper highlights a bioinspired approach to engineering water-responsive materials via a diverse array of self-assembled nanostructures.

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