Long Phan

TL;DR: This work reports proton conductivity for thin films composed of reflectin, a cephalopod structural protein, and finds it possible to use reflectin in protein-based protonic transistors, which may hold implications for the next generation of biocompatible proton-conducting materials and Protonic devices.

TL;DR: This work draws inspiration from self-assembled structures found in cephalopods to fabricate tunable biomimetic camouflage coatings that dynamically modulated between the visible and infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum in situ.

TL;DR: An overview of selected literature examples that have used cephalopod-inspired dynamic materials as models for the development of novel adaptive materials, devices, and systems is provided.

TL;DR: This work draws inspiration from the structures and proteins found in cephalopod skin to fabricate biomimetic camouflage coatings on transparent and flexible adhesive substrates that can be deployed on arbitrary surfaces and reversibly modulate their reflectance from the visible to the near infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

TL;DR: A detailed study of the in vitro formation, structural characteristics, and stimulus response of films from the cephalopod protein reflectin demonstrate multifaceted functionality as infrared camouflage coatings, proton transport media, and substrates for growth of neural stem cells.