title: Learning from nature: constructing integrated graphene-based artificial nacre.
abstract: Natural nacre supplies a number of properties that can be used in designing high-performance bioinspired materials. Likewise, due to the extraordinary properties of graphene, a series of bioinspired graphene-based materials have recently been demonstrated. Compared to other approaches for constructing graphene-based materials, bioinspired concepts result in high-loading graphene, and the resultant high-performance graphene-based artificial nacres demonstrate isotropic mechanical and electrical properties. In this Perspective, we describe how to construct integrated graphene-based artificial nacre through the synergistic relationship between interface interactions and building blocks. These integrated graphene-based artificial nacres show promising applications in many fields, such as aerospace, flexible supercapacitor electrodes, artificial muscle, and tissue engineering.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, BeiHang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qunfeng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, BeiHang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jianli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, BeiHang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, BeiHang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D060734:Nacre / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D060734:Nacre; D006108:Graphite
keywords: bioinspired; graphene; integrated materials; nacre