Bone like hydroxyapatite (nHAp) was synthesized via an in situ biomimetic process in presence of wheat starch. The effect of polymer concentration alteration on the final structure of nHAp was investigated. Formation of the nHAp at room temperature was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Size and morphology of the nHAp samples were character...

Concise biomimetic syntheses of the antimalarial naphthoquinones (+/-)-pinnatal and (+/-)-sterekunthal A are described.

3D Biomimetic Calcified Cartilaginous Callus Based on the natural bone repair process, a biomimetic calcified cartilaginous callus (PHS) is prepared using calcium ion chelation and printing technology to promote regeneration of large-segment defects. PHS can both type H vessels formation osteoclast by facilitating expression osteogenesis-promoting coupling factors. More details be found in arti...

Biomimetic AIE Nanodots In article number 2206346, Zhang, Cai, Gong, and co-workers report biomimetic aggregation-induced emission (AIE) nanodots based on dendritic cell membrane coating nanoaggregate of NIR-II AIEgens. These can hitchhike endogenous T cells during blood circulation to enhance the tumor delivery efficiency stimulate in immunosuppressive microenvironment secreting cytokine TNF-α...

Controlling complexity, flexibility, and functionality of synthetic and biomimetic materials requires insight into how molecular functionalities can be exploited for steering their packing. A fused NDI-salphen (NDI=naphthalene diimide) prototypic artificial photosynthesis material, DATZnS, is shown to be comprised of a phenazine motif, in which the alignment of electric dipole moments in a P2/c...

In nature, marine mussels (Mytilus edulis) suffer less fouling colonization on the newly formed sides of their shells. Using settlement assays with algal spores of Porphyra suborbiculata, we determined that spore attachment and germination on the periostracum decreased to 36.8 and 3.3 %, respectively. Additionally, the spore settlement was considerably diminished by periostracum dichloromethane...

From everyday life experience, we all know that during watering or rainfall, water rolls off the leaves of many plants in the form of spherical droplets leaving the leaves themselves entirely dry. This effect can be seen in an especially impressive manner on the leaves of the sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) and Tropaeolum (Tropaeolum majus). Interestingly, with the rolling off of water droplets...

Although droplet-based systems are used in a wide range of technologies, opportunities for systematically customizing their interface chemistries remain relatively unexplored. This article describes a new microfluidic strategy for rapidly tailoring emulsion droplet compositions and properties. The approach uses a simple platform for screening arrays of droplet-based microfluidic devices and cou...

OF THE DISSERTATION Biomimetic Catalysts of Graphene Conjugates and Palladium Nanoparticles

Biomimetic Sensor Modeling and Simulations for Flight Control of a Micromechanical Flying Insect