Hierarchically structured materials

G.B. Olson Systems design of hierarchically structured materials Advanced steels. J. Comput.-Aided Mat. Des. 4, 143-156 (1998)... 

Su, B.-L, Sanchez, C., and Yang, X.-Y. (eds) (2012) Hierarchically Structured Materials, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim. 

The contributions to this volume cover applied topics such as hierarchically structured materials, molecular reaction dynamics, chemical catalysis, thermodynamics of aggregated phases, molecular self-assembly, chromatography, nanoscale... 

The techniques presented here allow to produce ultralight materials with anisotropic properties. Optical absorption and emission, hydrophobicity mechanical strength and index of refraction can be tuned within the same monolith. Conceivable applications of our technique include fabrication of photonic devices, membranes, radiation collimators, fuel cell electrodes as well as hierarchically structured materials that combine mechanical strength with the acoustic and thermal insulation properties of conventional aerogels. 

D.L. Kaplan, S. Fossey, C. Viney, W. Muller, Self-organization (assembly) in biosynthesis of silk fibers a hierarchical problem, in Hierarchically Structured Materials, vol. 255, ed by I. A. Aksay, E. Baer, M. Sarikaya, D. Tinell, Materials Res Symposium Proceedings, pp. 19-29 (1992)... 

On a more general level, the ability to generate localized oscillations of soft matter within a hard matrix brings us closer to creating hierarchically structured materials that mimic the structure of biological systems, such as bone. Hence, we can devise new fimctionaHties for these materials that would not be possible with the use of nonactive components. 

Kaplan, D. L., Fossey, S., Viney, C., and Muller, W. 1992. Self-organization (assembly) in biosynthesis of silk fibers—A hierarchical problem. In Aksay, 1. A., Baer, E., Sarikaya, M., and Tirrell, D. A. (eds.) Hierarchically structured materials. Materials Res Symp Proc. 255,19-29. 

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