If you’re a regular visitor to the Biomaterials Science blog you’ve probably already seen last weeks ‘Call for Papers on Biomimetic Materials’. Hopefully we’ll be able to highlight some interesting Biomaterials Science articles on this area soon– but in the meantime here are a few articles from Journal of Materials Chemistry and Soft Matter which I hope you’ll enjoy. They’re all free to read until 23rd August.
Opinion
Innovation through imitation: biomimetic, bioinspired and biokleptic research
Andrea E. Rawlings, Jonathan P. Bramble and Sarah S. Staniland, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2675-2679
Feature Article
Biomimetic composites and stem cells interaction for bone and cartilage tissue regeneration
N. Naveena, J. Venugopal, R. Rajeswari, S. Sundarrajan, R. Sridhar, M. Shayanti, S. Narayanan and S. Ramakrishna, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 5239-5253
Review
Proteins in biomimetic membranes: promises and facts
Renate L. C. Naumann, Christoph Nowak and Wolfgang Knoll, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 9535-9548
Communications
Biomimetic fabrication of genetically engineered collagen peptide-assembled freestanding films reinforced by quantum dot joints
Zengyan Wei, Yoshiaki Maeda and Hiroshi Matsui, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2871-2875
Black thin layers generate strong structural colors: a biomimetic approach for creating one-dimensional (1D) photonic crystals
Hiroshi Yabu, Takayuki Nakanishi, Yuji Hirai and Masatsugu Shimomura, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 15154-15156
Preparation of stable superhydrophobic mesh with a biomimetic hierarchical structure
Taechang An, Seong J. Cho, WooSeok Choi, Jin Ho Kim, Soo Taek Lim and Geunbae Lim, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 9867-9870
Papers
Biomimetic mineralization of acid polysaccharide-based hydrogels: towards porous 3-dimensional bone-like biocomposites
Chao Zhong and C. Chang Chu, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 6080-6087
Biomimetic mineralization of acid polysaccharide-based hydrogels: towards porous 3-dimensional bone-like biocomposites
Chao Zhong and C. Chang Chu, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 6080-6087
Antibacterial biomimetic hybrid films
M. Carme Coll Ferrer, Noreen J. Hickok, David M. Eckmann and Russell J. Composto, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2423-2431
Chemically-mediated communication in self-oscillating, biomimetic cilia
Pratyush Dayal, Olga Kuksenok, Amitabh Bhattacharya and Anna C. Balazs, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 241-250
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