Nanofibrils in nature and materials engineering

• Published in: Nature reviews. Materials Vol. 3; no. 4; p. 18016
• Main Authors: Ling, Shengjie, Kaplan, David L., Buehler, Markus J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/553/2695; 639/301/1023; 639/301/1023/303; 639/301/54/989; 639/301/930/1032; Anisotropy; Biocompatibility; Biological materials; Biological properties; Biomaterials; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical materials; Biopolymers; Cellulose; Chemistry and Materials Science; Chitin; Condensed Matter Physics; Materials engineering; Materials Science; Nanotechnology; Optical and Electronic Materials; Optical properties; review-article; Self-assembly; Silk; Sustainable materials

Nanofibrillar materials, such as cellulose, chitin and silk, are highly ordered architectures, formed through the self-assembly of repetitive building blocks into higher-order structures, which are stabilized by non-covalent interactions. This hierarchical building principle endows many biological m...