Projektnummer

0061259

Zusammenfassung

Modern man-made materials get affected by the environment (UV irradiation, chemical degradation, mechanical wear, etc.) and loose their structural features and functional performance over time. Developed self-healing strategies allow to partially compensate these drawbacks. So far, these approaches are efficient at the sub-micrometer scale and cannot treat large defects what is required for sustainable and long-lasting performance. Nature went beyond self-healing and developed regeneration pathways for biological tissues like mucus, skin and bone. In living systems mucus coatings pla...