Bio-Inspired Functional Materials Templated From Nature                    Materials

Zhang, Di; Zhang, Wang; Gu, Jiajun; Zhu, Shenmin; Su, Huilan; Liu, Qinglei; Fan, Tongxiang; Ding, Jian; Guo, Qi

doi:10.14356/kona.2010011

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“…( Xian-qing et al, 2002;Zhang et al, 2003;Zhang et al, 2010). There are millions of species of trees all over the world and they all contain unique structures.…”

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“…There are millions of species of trees all over the world and they all contain unique structures. In the work by (Zhang et al, 2010) different structures of woodceramics with the composition of titanium carbide (TiC) were illustrated. This material is supposed to be used in many industrial fields, such as electrical brush, brake disks and bearing bush, electromagnetic shielding cabin and so on.…”

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Development of metal-matrix composites from industrial/agricultural waste materials and their derivatives

Bahrami¹,

Soltani²,

Pech-Canul³

et al. 2015

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

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In this contribution, authors present a review on the state-of-the-art in the utilization of industrial and agricultural waste materials for the development of metal-matrix composites (MMCs), providing, through the judicious analysis of an ample and varied references source -from the oldest to the newest ones -, an insight into the challenges and opportunities for the exploitation to their full potential. In addition to its topicality, the novelty of this contribution lies in the presentation of key statistical, technical and property-related information of a comprehensive variety of waste materials classed into two main groups, namely, fly ash reinforced MMCs and MMCs derived from other waste materials. Although fly ash has been exploited in a broad range of applications, the attention paid for its use in the development of MMCs seems to be insufficient. A purposely designed chart helped to pinpoint the more demanding and profitable applications of fly ash, and establish strategic opportunity areas. With the exception of the recent utilization of fly ash for the automotive industry, virtually no other waste material has been reused for a specific industrial application. In this context, by identifying five reasons for this Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 08:41 26 August 2015 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 2 observed delay, an essential goal of this review is arouse the interest of academicians, scientists/technologists and industrialists in the use of those materials for the fabrication of MMCs. In the case of agricultural materials, a two-fold perspective may apply, because while on the one hand, certain chemical elements have to be removed for specific applications, on the other hand, recovery of certain elements might be more attractive. Based on the significant progress observed so far, in terms of scientific and technological research, a promising future can be anticipated. The proper use of industrial and agricultural waste materials entails knowledge generation as a prerequisite for incubation of pilot-plant and industrialization stages, culminating with all related benefits to society.

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“…( Xian-qing et al, 2002;Zhang et al, 2003;Zhang et al, 2010). There are millions of species of trees all over the world and they all contain unique structures.…”

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confidence: 99%

Development of metal-matrix composites from industrial/agricultural waste materials and their derivatives

Bahrami¹,

Soltani²,

Pech-Canul³

et al. 2015

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

179

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“…Nowadays, the ceramic community is witnessing a "boom" of nature inspired materials using hierarchical structures that should have the same behavior or qualities as the natural ones. Various papers [16][17][18][19][20] in the literature show beautiful structures of natural materials and their mimicked copies by researchers. The capacity of a human being's observation, also a characteristic controlled by nature, has been the driving force to imitate natural hierarchical structures and their qualities.…”

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Mechanical Properties of Porous Ceramics

Salvini¹,

Pandolfelli²,

Spinelli³

2018

Recent Advances in Porous Ceramics

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It is widely known that increasing interest in porous ceramics is due to their special properties, which comprise high volumetric porosity (up to 90%) with open or closed pores, and a broad range of pore sizes (micropores: d < 2 nm; mesopores: 50 nm > d > 2 nm and macropores: d > 50 nm). These properties have many uses comprehending macroscaled devices, mesoscaled materials and microscaled pieces. During their usage, these materials are usually submitted to thermal and/or mechanical loading stresses. Therefore, it is a premise to understand how these porous structures behave under thermomechanical stresses to design materials that show adequate properties for the required application. In this context, the aim of this chapter is to review the mechanical properties of macroporous ceramics.

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“…Nowadays, there is an increasing trend to learn from nature to analyze natural structures and develop bioinspired devices/elements through mimicking or replicating natural structures [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. It has been reported that the moth eyes have inspired the researchers to develop antireflective structured photovoltaic materials and devices (e.g., solar cells) for higher light-to-electricity conversion efficiency [12][13][14][15][16][17][18], and the lotus leaves have excited the investigators to design the selfcleaning/hydrophobic structures or surfaces [19,20].…”

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“…It has been reported that the moth eyes have inspired the researchers to develop antireflective structured photovoltaic materials and devices (e.g., solar cells) for higher light-to-electricity conversion efficiency [12][13][14][15][16][17][18], and the lotus leaves have excited the investigators to design the selfcleaning/hydrophobic structures or surfaces [19,20]. Like the nanostructures of moth eyes and lotus leaves, the structures of butterfly wings, which may contribute to their own colors [2,[5][6][7][8][9][10][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30], carry the potential to develop new materials, techniques, and devices for different applications.…”

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Butterfly‐Inspired 2D Periodic Tapered‐Staggered Subwavelength Gratings Designed Based on Finite Difference Time Domain Method

Wang

Zhou

et al. 2015

Journal of Nanomaterials

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The butterfly-inspired 2D periodic tapered-staggered subwavelength gratings were developed mainly using finite difference time domain (FDTD) method, assisted by using focused ion beam (FIB) nanoscale machining or fabrication. The periodic subwavelength structures along the ridges of the designed gratings may change the electric field intensity distribution and weaken the surface reflection. The performance of the designed SiO2gratings is similar to that of the corresponding Si gratings (the predicted reflectance can be less than around 5% for the bandwidth ranging from 0.15 μm to 1 μm). Further, the antireflection performance of the designedx-unspaced gratings is better than that of the correspondingx-spaced gratings. Based on the FDTD designs and simulated results, the butterfly-inspired grating structure was fabricated on the silicon wafer using FIB milling, reporting the possibility to fabricate these FDTD-designed subwavelength grating structures.

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Bio-Inspired Functional Materials Templated From Nature Materials

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Cited by 9 publications

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Development of metal-matrix composites from industrial/agricultural waste materials and their derivatives

Development of metal-matrix composites from industrial/agricultural waste materials and their derivatives

Mechanical Properties of Porous Ceramics

Butterfly‐Inspired 2D Periodic Tapered‐Staggered Subwavelength Gratings Designed Based on Finite Difference Time Domain Method

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