Biomimetic bricks inspired by nacre
The key to developing nacre-like materials with enhanced properties is in the design of the brickwork. The team developed a graphene and silk fibroin hydrogel, which was then solution-cast and dried to form parallel graphene plates bound with silk fibroin to create the brickwork structure via water-evaporation induced self-assembly.
The team are interested in utilising the high mechanical properties and biocompatibility of the component parts to develop the technology towards tissue engineering and scaffolds.
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