Freeze Casting: Freeze Casting for Assembling Bioinspired Structural Materials (Adv. Mater. 45/2017)

The unique physics of seawater as it freezes inspires a technique to produce thinly layered composites that closely mimic natural nacre. The technique, called freeze casting or ice-templating, is described by Antoni P. Tomsia and co-workers in article number 1703155. The technique creates materials with a hierarchical design that can be infiltrated with a variety of components to create novel materials for engineering applications.

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