Bridging functional nanocomposites to robust macroscale devices

A Spotlight on Bridging Microscale and Macroscale Human Brain Architecture

We place a spotlight on the emerging trend of jointly studying the micro- and macroscale organization of nervous systems. We discuss the pioneering studies of Ding et al. (2016) and Glasser et al. (2016) in the context of growing efforts to combine and integrate multiple features of brain organization into a multi-modal and multi-scale examination of the human brain.

Patch Dynamics for Multiscale Problems Bridging the Macroscale and Microscale

There are important systems—those that couple molecular dynamics with a material’s macroscale behavior or use a Boltzmann particle model to predict large-scale patterns in a fluid flow, for example—that must be modeled on relatively long time or space scales, but the dynamics can be advanced only on short time or space scales. First developed by Yannis Kevrekidis and his collaborators,1–5 patch...

Nano- to macroscale remodeling of functional tissue-engineered bone.

Bridging nanocontacts to macroscale gecko adhesion by sliding soft lamellar skin supported setal array

The study of the mechanism of the controlled adhesion of geckos, which is important for the design and fabrication of bio-inspired dry and reversible adhesive surfaces, is widely discussed below the setal level. In this work, the role of the soft lamellar skin in gecko toe adhesion was experimentally revealed. The lamellar skin acting as a soft spring sustains most of the normal deformation dur...

Architectural Considerations for Functional Nanocomposites

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Jason R. McKee Name of the doctoral dissertation Biomimetics Architectural Considerations for Functional Nanocomposites Publisher School of Science Unit The Department of Applied Physics Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 2/2015 Field of research Applied Physics Manuscript submitted 7 October 201...