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Eder, Michaela
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
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- 2025Material Composition Gradient Controls the Autonomous Opening of Banksia Seed Pods in Fire‐Prone Habitats
- 2022Cellulose lattice strains and stress transfer in native and delignified woodcitations
- 2021Wood and the activity of dead tissuecitations
- 2021In situ observation of shrinking and swelling of normal and compression Chinese fir wood at the tissue, cell and cell wall levelcitations
- 2021Comparative studies on wood structure and microtensile properties between compression and opposite wood fibers of Chinese fir plantationcitations
- 2020Wood and the Activity of Dead Tissuecitations
- 2018Biological composites—complex structures for functional diversitycitations
- 2018Climate-Dependent Heat-Triggered Opening Mechanism of Banksia Seed Podscitations
- 2018Temperature-induced self-sealing capability of Banksia folliclescitations
- 2015Characterizing moisture-dependent mechanical properties of organic materialscitations
- 2014Measuring the distribution of cellulose microfibril angles in primary cell walls by small angle X-ray scatteringcitations
- 2013Influence of the polymeric interphase design on the interfacial properties of (fiber-reinforced) compositescitations
- 2012Reorientation of cellulose nanowhiskers in agarose hydrogels under tensile loadingcitations
- 2012Experimental micromechanical characterization of wood cell walls
- 2010Cellulose microfibril orientation of Picea abies and its variability at the micron-level determined by Raman imagingcitations
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Biological composites—complex structures for functional diversity
Abstract
<jats:p>The bulk of Earth’s biological materials consist of few base substances—essentially proteins, polysaccharides, and minerals—that assemble into large varieties of structures. Multifunctionality arises naturally from this structural complexity: An example is the combination of rigidity and flexibility in protein-based teeth of the squid sucker ring. Other examples are time-delayed actuation in plant seed pods triggered by environmental signals, such as fire and water, and surface nanostructures that combine light manipulation with mechanical protection or water repellency. Bioinspired engineering transfers some of these structural principles into technically more relevant base materials to obtain new, often unexpected combinations of material properties. Less appreciated is the huge potential of using bioinspired structural complexity to avoid unnecessary chemical diversity, enabling easier recycling and, thus, a more sustainable materials economy.</jats:p>