Current efforts and future opportunities of bone-inspired intelligent materials that can sense mechanical loading and adapt

E. H. Kho, S. H. Kang*
Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures , (2025)

"Unveiling unexpected mechanical softening/stiffening in carbon nanotube composites under cyclic deformation: experiments and predictive modeling"

Dong‑Kwan Lee, Ohnyoung Hur, Eunsong Kim, Byung-Ho Kang, Sung Hoon Kang, Kyoungmin Min, Sung‑Hoon Park
Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials , (2025) 8 , 194

“Lattice-structured, microperforated panel with high perforation ratio for broadband sound absorber”

O-C. Kwon, S. Chung, S. H. Kang* and M.-W. Moon*
Applied Acoustics , 233 , 110629

"A material dynamically enhancing both load-bearing and energy dissipation capability under cyclic loading”

B. Sun, G. Kitchen, D. He, D. K. Malu, J. Ding, Y. Huang, A. Eisape, M. M. Omar, Y. Hu, S. H. Kang*
Science Advances , 11 , eadt3979

“Dynamically adaptive materials”

S. H. Kang*
MRS Bulletin , 49 , 1121-1126

“Bone-inspired dynamically adaptive materials: Current efforts and future opportunities”

G. Kitchen, B. Sun, S. H. Kang*
MRS Bulletin , 49 , 1137-1144

“A Self-Limiting Material Growth Triggered and Tunable by Force Through Piezocharge-induced Mineralization”

G. Kitchen, B. Sun, M. Omar, A. Eisape, S. H. Kang*
Materials Horizons , 17 , 633-648

“Vaso-Lock for sutureless anastomosis in a pig arteriovenous loop model”

X. Li, E. R. Young, C. Martin, J. G Ribaudo, M. Zaghloul, S. Roberts, R. Meade, B. Arif, W. R. Moritz, S. Madira, J. B. Schofield, H. Xun, C. W Hicks, S. H. Kang, M. A Zayed, J. M. Sacks
Biomaterials , 308 , 122563

“Contact line length dominance in evaporation of confined nonspherical droplets”

G. Oh, J.-H. Lim, S. H. Kang*, B. M. Weon*
Physical Review Research , 6 , L012026

“Bioinspired Nanocomposites with Self-Adaptive Mechanical Properties”

G. Kitchen, B. Sun, S. H. Kang*
Nano Research , 17 , 633

“A mechanically one-way material"

B. Sun, S. H. Kang*
Science , 380 , 135

“Nanoscale Characterizations of Mineralized Piezoelectric Scaffolds"

N. Buettner+, G. Kitchen+, M. Omar+, B. Sun+, H. Lee, S. H. Kang*, A.-T. Akono*
MRS Advances , 8 , 1082

“A Novel Sutureless Anastomotic Device in a Swine Model: A Proof of Concept Study,”

K. A. Gerling, D. P. Stonko, H. Xun, C. Shallal, S. H. Kang, G. Brandacher, A. L. Lauria, A. J. Kersey, D. M. Burmeister, B. W. Propper, J. M. Sacks, C. W. Hicks, J. M. White
Journal of Surgical Research , 291 , 116-123

“Multifunctional Architected MWCNTs/PDMS Composites with High Sensing and Energy Absorption Capability Inspired by Ant Tentacle and Pomelo Peel”

J. Li, H. Zhang, F. Usta, Y. Chen, S. H. Kang, W. Zhou
Journal of Materials Research and Technology , 24 , 9045-9057

“Mechanically adaptive composites through piezoelectricity”

M. Omar, B. Sun, G. Kitchen, S. H. Kang*
Journal of Composite Materials , 57 , 575-580