Hierarchically structured bioinspired nanocomposites

Dhriti Nepal¹, Saewon Kang², Katarina M Adstedt², Krishan Kanhaiya³, Michael R Bockstaller⁴, L Catherine Brinson⁵, Markus J Buehler⁶, Peter V Coveney⁷, Kaushik Dayal⁸, Jaafar A El-Awady⁹, Luke C Henderson¹⁰, David L Kaplan¹¹, Sinan Keten¹², Nicholas A Kotov¹³, George C Schatz¹⁴, Silvia Vignolini¹⁵, Fritz Vollrath¹⁶, Yusu Wang¹⁷, Boris I Yakobson^{18

19}, Vladimir V Tsukruk²⁰, Hendrik Heinz²¹

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¹ Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA. dhriti.nepal.1@afrl.af.mil.
² School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
³ Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
⁴ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁶ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁰ Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia.
¹¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
¹² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
¹³ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
¹⁵ Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹⁶ Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁷ Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
²⁰ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. vladimir@mse.gatech.edu.
²¹ Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA. hendrik.heinz@colorado.edu.

PMID: 36446962
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-022-01384-1

Review

Hierarchically structured bioinspired nanocomposites

Dhriti Nepal et al. Nat Mater. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;22(1):18-35.

doi: 10.1038/s41563-022-01384-1. Epub 2022 Nov 28.

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Affiliations

¹ Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA. dhriti.nepal.1@afrl.af.mil.
² School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
³ Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
⁴ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁶ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁰ Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia.
¹¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
¹² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
¹³ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
¹⁵ Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹⁶ Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁷ Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
²⁰ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. vladimir@mse.gatech.edu.
²¹ Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA. hendrik.heinz@colorado.edu.

PMID: 36446962
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-022-01384-1

Abstract

Next-generation structural materials are expected to be lightweight, high-strength and tough composites with embedded functionalities to sense, adapt, self-repair, morph and restore. This Review highlights recent developments and concepts in bioinspired nanocomposites, emphasizing tailoring of the architecture, interphases and confinement to achieve dynamic and synergetic responses. We highlight cornerstone examples from natural materials with unique mechanical property combinations based on relatively simple building blocks produced in aqueous environments under ambient conditions. A particular focus is on structural hierarchies across multiple length scales to achieve multifunctionality and robustness. We further discuss recent advances, trends and emerging opportunities for combining biological and synthetic components, state-of-the-art characterization and modelling approaches to assess the physical principles underlying nature-inspired design and mechanical responses at multiple length scales. These multidisciplinary approaches promote the synergetic enhancement of individual materials properties and an improved predictive and prescriptive design of the next era of structural materials at multilength scales for a wide range of applications.

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