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NATURE IS ASYMMETRIC, or chirally-biased. Nature has clearly selected one of the mirror image forms of molecules for all life forms, but not the other mirror image. This charming review covers chirality in animals, shells, plants, and subatomic physics. https://lnkd.in/ewEX4X6 View in LinkedIn

SMART SKINS: "a ‘digital’ wall which we believe will replace the structural systems in the near future." https://lnkd.in/eT48VEN View in LinkedIn

NANOCOATED WOOD FIBERS that "are electrically conductive for future smart paper technology, applied as sensors, communication devices, electromagnetic shields, paper-based displays", switches and more. https://lnkd.in/e2YaM-3 View in LinkedIn

CELLULOSE EAP. "Control of disordered region, recrystallization, and orientation of cellulose are all issues that need to be addressed in order for cellulose EAP to fulfill its promise as a smart material." https://lnkd.in/eKk_wMN View in LinkedIn

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER (EAP). "Cellulose-based EAP material is also promising as biosensors since it is biodegradable, biocompatible, sustainable, and capable of broad chemical modification and has high mechanical stiffness and strength." https://lnkd.in/eKk_wMN View in LinkedIn

CELLULOSE has a "unique set of promising characteristics such as large strains in response to an electric stimulus, low density, ease of processing, and good mechanical properties." https://lnkd.in/eKk_wMN View in LinkedIn

PROGRAMMABLE WOOD. "As a naturally occurring biopolymer, cellulose is a type of electroactive polymer (EAP). EAPs, also termed artificial muscles due to their operational similarity to biological muscles refer to a class of materials that has received much attention in the past 10 years." https://lnkd.in/eKk_wMN View in LinkedIn

SMARTWOOD. "Despite these early studies, however, the potential of cellulose as a smart lightweight material that can be used as a sensor and an actuator has not been fully explored." https://lnkd.in/eKk_wMN View in LinkedIn

SMARTWOOD. "Oak, pine, spruce, birch, alpha cellulose, and wood pulp are all cellulose-based biopolymers that exhibit shear piezoelectric constants comparable to that of quartz crystal." https://lnkd.in/eKk_wMN View in LinkedIn

CRYSTALLINE WOOD. "An appreciable piezoeffect has been observed in specially prepared wood sheets of oriented cellulose fibers." https://lnkd.in/ejQXn-P View in LinkedIn