Plant-inspired materials and surfaces

Deliverables

Other (9)

Winter School

Winter School

Regular press releases

Regular press releases; due in month 10, 20, 30, 45

Press release to announce PlaMatSu

Press release to announce PlaMatSu

Session on “Bio-inspired Materials” at Conference Freiburg Macromolecular Colloquium

Session on “Bio-inspired Materials” at Conference Freiburg Macromolecular Colloquium

Workshop on R&D and job application

Workshop on R&D and job application

Positions advertisement

advertisement of open positions

Workshop on technology and innovation

Workshop on technology and innovation

Winter School Proceedings

Winter School Proceedings

Workshop on soft skills

Workshop on soft skills

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Exhibition in Freiburg

Exhibition in Freiburg; concerns all beneficiaries

PlaMatSu first website pages online

Project Website

Exhibition in Cambridge

Exhibition in Cambridge, concerns all beneficiaries

Documents, reports (9)

Biomimetic insect repellent surface

Biomimetic insect repellent surface; responsible Prof. Steiner

Layered polymer hybrid materials with stimuli-responsive colour properties

Layered polymer hyprid materials, responsible Prof. Bruns

Tuning of colour of wrinkled cellulose films obtained

Tuning of colour of wrinkled cellulose films obtained; responsible Prof. Vignolini

Integrated model for plant cuticle patterning, combining mechanical and chemical data

Integrated model; responsible Prof. Glover

Conferences (abstracts)

Conferences (abstracts); concerns all beneficiaries; du in months 12-40

Controlled release of lubricants and waxes from layered materials

controlled release, Prof. Bruns

Transport properties of CNC-containing cuticular membrane mimics

properties of CNC-containing cuticular membrane mimics, responsible Prof. Weder

Comparison of surface properties of selected species at different states of ontogeny and grown under different environmental conditions

Comparison of surface properties, Responsible Prof. Speck

Papers (20-30 expected)

Papers (20-30 expected), concerns all beneficiaries, due from month 24-48

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Polymerization‐Induced Wrinkled Surfaces with Controlled Topography as Slippery Surfaces for Colorado Potato Beetles

Author(s): Johannes B. Bergmann, Dafni Moatsou, Venkata A. Surapaneni, Marc Thielen, Thomas Speck, Bodo D. Wilts, Ullrich Steiner
Published in: Advanced Materials Interfaces, Issue 7/12, 2020, Page(s) 2000129, ISSN 2196-7350
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202000129

The cellular and genetic basis of structural colour in plants

Author(s): Chiara A. Airoldi, Jordan Ferria, Beverley J Glover
Published in: Current Opinion in Plant Biology, Issue 47, 2019, Page(s) 81-87, ISSN 1369-5266
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2018.10.002

Disordered wax platelets on Tradescantia pallida leaves create golden shine

Author(s): Gea T. van de Kerkhof, Lukas Schertel, Rebecca Nokjan Poon, Gianni Jacucci, Beverley J. Glover, Silvia Vignolini
Published in: Faraday Discussions, Issue 223, 2020, Page(s) 207-215, ISSN 1359-6640
DOI: 10.1039/d0fd00024h

Self-Reporting Fiber-Reinforced Composites That Mimic the Ability of Biological Materials to Sense and Report Damage

Author(s): Omar Rifaie-Graham, Edward A. Apebende, Livia K. Bast, Nico Bruns
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 30/19, 2018, Page(s) 1705483, ISSN 0935-9648
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201705483

Effects of Silk Degumming Process on Physicochemical, Tensile, and Optical Properties of Regenerated Silk Fibroin

Author(s): Kira Nultsch, Livia K. Bast, Muriel Näf, Salima El Yakhlifi, Nico Bruns, Oliver Germershaus
Published in: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Issue 303/12, 2018, Page(s) 1800408, ISSN 1438-7492
DOI: 10.1002/mame.201800408

Visual Appearance of Chiral Nematic Cellulose‐Based Photonic Films: Angular and Polarization Independent Color Response with a Twist

Author(s): Chun Lam Clement Chan, Mélanie M. Bay, Gianni Jacucci, Roberto Vadrucci, Cyan A. Williams, Gea T. de Kerkhof, Richard M. Parker, Kevin Vynck, Bruno Frka‐Petesic, Silvia Vignolini
Published in: Advanced Materials, 2019, Page(s) 1905151, ISSN 0935-9648
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201905151

Replicating the complexity of natural surfaces: technique validation and applications for biomimetics, ecology and evolution

Author(s): Charchit Kumar, Alejandro Palacios, Venkata A. Surapaneni, Georg Bold, Marc Thielen, Erik Licht, Timothy E. Higham, Thomas Speck, Vincent Le Houérou
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Issue 377/2138, 2018, Page(s) 20180265, ISSN 1364-503X
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2018.0265

Dewetting Rheology for Determining Viscoelastic Properties of Nonequilibrated Thin Polymer Films

Author(s): Austine A. Mulama, Sivasurender Chandran, Konstantinos Roumpos, Andrew O. Oduor, Günter Reiter
Published in: Macromolecules, Issue 52/20, 2019, Page(s) 7894-7903, ISSN 0024-9297
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01384

Silk Sericin-Polylactide Protein–Polymer Conjugates as Biodegradable Amphiphilic Materials and Their Application in Drug Release Systems

Author(s): Kanittha Boonpavanitchakul, Livia K. Bast, Nico Bruns, Rathanawan Magaraphan
Published in: Bioconjugate Chemistry, Issue 31/10, 2020, Page(s) 2312-2324, ISSN 1043-1802
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.0c00399

Complex photonic response reveals three-dimensional self-organization of structural coloured bacterial colonies

Author(s): Lukas Schertel, Gea T. van de Kerkhof, Gianni Jacucci, Laura Catón, Yu Ogawa, Bodo D. Wilts, Colin J. Ingham, Silvia Vignolini, Villads E. Johansen
Published in: Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Issue 17/166, 2020, Page(s) 20200196, ISSN 1742-5689
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0196