科学家首次研制出五模式超常材料

超常材料(Metamaterials)是指一类拥有天然材料所不具备物理性质的新型人工材料。研究证明,以恰当方式修改材料的宏观结构可以在一定程度上突破表观物理规律的限制,实现负折射率、超吸收、各向异性等超凡特性。科学家于1995年提出五模式[1](Pentamode,penta在古希腊语中有"5"之意)超常材料的设想,他们将弹性材料刚度矩阵     

MULTISCALE MECHANICS OF BIOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

The world of natural materials and structures provides an abundance of applications in which mechanics is a critical issue for our understanding of functional material properties. In particular, the mechanical properties of biological materials and structures play an important role in virtually all physiological processes and at all scales, from the molecular and nanoscale to the macroscale, linking research fields as diverse as genetics to structural mechanics in an approach referred to as materiomics. Example cases that illustrate the importance of mechanics in biology include mechanical support provided by materials like bone, the facilitation of locomotion capabilities by muscle and tendon, or the protection against environmental impact by materials as the skin or armors. In this article we review recent progress and case studies, relevant for a variety of applications that range from medicine to civil engineering. We demonstrate the importance of fundamental mechanistic insight at multiple time- and length-scales to arrive at a systematic understanding of materials and structures in biology, in the context of both physiological and disease states and for the development of de novo biomaterials. Three particularly intriguing issues that will be discussed here include： First, the capacity of biological systems to turn weakness to strength through the utilization of multiple structural levels within the universality-diversity paradigm. Second, material breakdown in extreme and disease conditions. And third, we review an example where the hierarchical design paradigm found in natural protein materials has been applied in the development of a novel hiomaterial based on amyloid protein.     

圆柱形热集中器理论、仿真和实现

作为一种高效的热能收集与俘获技术,热集中器最近引起了研究者的关注.本文从热传导方程和坐标变换关系出发,导出了圆柱形热集中器温度分布的解析表达式,并通过与COMSOL数值仿真结果比较证实了表达式的正确性.分析了热集中器性能与材料各向异性和器件几何结构二者之间的联系,结果表明,包层热超材料的各向异性越大,集中器的热集中性能越好;包层与内核的半径比越大,集中器的热聚焦能力越强.利用包层与背景媒质之间的温度关系,进一步研究了用常规材料实现热集中器的方法,通过将两种常见的天然材料沿角向按周期交替排列并调整各自面积的大小,可观察到不同程度热集中现象.     

组织工程用可降解生物材料的研究进展

综述了组织工程的背景及组织工程用可降解生物材料的研究进展，重点介绍了当前的研究热点，并对组织工程用生物材料的发展方向进行了探讨。     

可注射水凝胶在伤口敷料中的研究进展

目前,在伤口治疗中对伤口敷料的选择越来越严格。传统的伤口敷料如纱布、绷带、海绵等在伤口愈合过程中容易诱发细菌感染,延缓伤口愈合,甚至引发慢性并发症。可注射水凝胶具备良好的生物相容性,能够适应伤口的形状以填充伤口,且具备一定的抗菌活性,从而避免伤口感染,相比传统的水凝胶伤口敷料更具备医疗优势,因此在生物医药领域得到广泛关注。本文对天然型可注射水凝胶和复合型可注射水凝胶在伤口愈合中的研究进展进行了综述;也对可注射水凝胶的未来发展趋势进行了展望。     

油水分离用天然材料表面化学研究进展

油水乳液和油水混合物的分离对解决工业含油废水以及原油泄漏造成的污染问题具有重要的意义。近年来应用于油水分离的超润湿材料引起了广泛的关注,并展现出良好的应用前景。本文综述了近年来利用超润湿性低成本、环保的天然材料通过过滤和吸附技术分离油水乳液和混合物的研究进展。对于每一种天然材料,如沙粒、木材、椰子壳等,介绍了代表性的研究工作,阐述了其制备过程、润湿特性以及对油水混合物或者油水乳液的分离效果,并讨论了利用超亲水/水下超疏油、超疏水/超亲油两种类型的材料分离不混溶的油水混合物、"水包油"型乳液和"油包水"型乳液等三类油水混合物的物理化学机理。最后,对该领域的挑战和未来的发展方向进行了展望。