Le Ferrand research group

2024

• H. Le Ferrand, Critical review of mycelium-bound product development to identify barriers to entry and paths to overcome them, Journal of Cleaner Production, xxx (2024), xxx, in press.

• W. Peng, X.Y. Chan, S.H. Lee, H. Le Ferrand, Effect of microplatelet orientation in 3D printed microplatelet-reinforced composites with bioinspired microstructures, MRS Bulletin xxx (2024), xxx, in press.

• J. Liu, Z. Ma, R. Behera, H. He, J. Xiong, H. Le Ferrand, High entropy oxide as interfacial material for toughened textured alumina, Journal of American Ceramic Society xxx (2024), xxx, in press.

• H. He, W. Peng, H. Le Ferrand Thermal rectification in modularly designed bulk metamaterials, Advanced Materials 36 (8) (2024), 2307071.

• H. Le Ferrand, Bee Tin Goh, Swee-Hin Teoh, Nacre-like ceramic composites: properties, functions and fabrication in the context of dental restorations. Acta Biomaterialia 173 (2024), 66-79.

2023​

• E. Soh, J.H. Teoh, B. Leong, T. Xing, H. Le Ferrand 3D printing of mycelium engineered living materials using a waste-based ink and non-sterile conditions, Materials & Design 236 (2023), 112481.

• L. Guan, W. Peng, R.J.W. Ng, J. Fan, H. Le Ferrand Izod impact resistance of 3D printed discontinuous fibrous composites with Bouligand microstructure, NPG Asia Materials 15 (2023), 60. (Open Access)

• S. Sapasakulvanit, X.Y. Chan, H. Le Ferrand Fabrication and testing of bioinspired microstructured alumina composites with sacrificial interpenetrating polymer bonds, Bionspiration and biomimetics 18 (4), 046009 (2023).

• I.H. Yeter, V.S.Q. Tan, H. Le Ferrand Conceptualization of biomimicry in engineering context among undergraduate and high school students: an international interdisciplinary exploration, Biomimetics 8 (1), 125 (2023).

• X.Y. Chan, Z.H. Ng, L. Guan, H. He, S. Sapasakulvanit, P. Dee, H. Le Ferrand Fabrication and testing of bioinspired composites with curved multilayer microstructures, JOM 75, 2158-2173 (2023).

Selected Editor's first choice (link for OA)

• L. Guan, J. Fan, X.Y. Chan, H. Le Ferrand, Continuous 3D printing of microstructured multifunctional materials, Additive manufacturing 62, 103373 (2023).

• E. Soh, H. Le Ferrand, Woodpile structural designs to increase the stiffness of mycelium-bound composites, Materials & Design 225, 111530 (2023). (Open Access).

2022​​

• H. Le Ferrand, Could bio-inspired nacre-like ceramics be suitable to fabricate musical instruments? Music & Science 5 (2022). (Open Access).

• J.K. Gan, E. Soh, N. Saeidi, A. Javadian, D.E. Hebel, H. Le Ferrand, Temporal characterization of biocycles of mycelium-bound composites made from bamboo and Pleurotus ostreatus for indoor usage. Sci Rep 12, 19362 (2022).

• W.C. Liu, V. Chou, R.P. Behera, H. Le Ferrand, Magnetically assisted drop-on-demand 3D printing of microstructured multimaterial composites, Nature Communications, 13 (2022), 5015. 

Listed among the top most read 25 articles in Nature Communications in 2022.

• R.P. Behera, M.J.H. Reavley, Z. Du, C.L. Gan, H. Le Ferrand, Ultrafast high-temperature sintering of textured alumina, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 12 (2022), 7122-7133. 

• H. He, W. Peng, J. Liu, X.Y. Chan, S. Liu, L. Lu, H. Le Ferrand, Microstructured BN composites with internally designed high thermal conductivity paths for 3D electronic packaging, Advanced materials, 34 (2022), 2270266. 

News Release: MIT Tech Reviews China, Deeptech platform , Nanowerk , Mirage News , NTU news, The Engineer

• H. He, L. Guan, H. Le Ferrand, Controlled local orientation of 2D nanomaterials in 3D devices: methods and prospects for multifunctional designs and enhanced performance, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10 (2022), 19129-19168, emerging investigators 2022. (Open Access).

• H. Le Ferrand, K. Riley, A. Arrieta, Plant-inspired multi stimuli and multi temporal morphing composites, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 17 (2022) 046002. 

• P. Dee, S. Tan, H. Le Ferrand, Fabrication of microstructured calcium phosphate ceramics scaffolds by material extrusion-based 3D printing approach, International journal of bioprinting 8 (2022). (Open Access).

• V. Chou, W.C. Liu, M. Wittwer, H. Le Ferrand, M. Seita. Characterisation of microplatelets' orientation and composition using directional reflectance microscopy. Acta Materialia, 229 (2022), 117798.  (Open Access).

• Y. Zhang, H. Le Ferrand, Bioinspired self-shaping clay composites for sustainable development, Biomimetics, 7, (2022), 13. (Open Access).

• X.Y. Chan, C. Chua, S. Tan, H. Le Ferrand, Energy dissipation in hybrid nacre-like helicoidal microstructures, Composites Part B, 232 (2022), 109608. (Open Access)

• H. Le Ferrand, A. Arrieta, Magnetically driven in-plane modulation of the 3D orientation of vertical ferromagnetic flakes, Soft Matter, 18 (2022), 1054-1063. (Open Access)

• S. Puthanveetil, W. L. Chung, K. Riley, A. Arrieta, H. Le Ferrand, Programmable multistability for 3D printed reinforced multifunctional composites with reversible shape change, Composites Science and Technology, 217 (2022), 109097. (Open Access)

• J. S. Chan, H. Le Ferrand, Assessment of nacre-like ceramics in replacement to Ni superalloys in aircraft’s engines, Sustainable Materials and Technology, 31 (2022), 00363. (Open Access)

• T. Wu, W. Q. Jia, L. Pothunuri, E. Soh, H. Le Ferrand, Easily-applicable protocol for ink development for extrusion-based 3D printing, Ceramica, 68 (2022), 152-159. (Open Access)

​2021​

• E. Soh, N. Saeidi, A. Javadian, D.E. Hebel, H. Le Ferrand, Effects of common foods on the mycelium growth of G. lucidum and P. ostreatus on solid substrates. PLOS One, 16 (2021), e0260170. (Open Access)

• R. P. Behera, H. Le Ferrand, Impact resistant materials inspired by the mantis shrimp's dactyl club, Matter, 4 (2021), 2831-2849. 

• R. P. Behera, S. B. S. Muhammad, M. J. He, H. Le Ferrand, Porous textured ceramics with controlled grain size and orientation, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 41 (2021), 617-624. (Open Access)

• H. Le Ferrand, Magnetic slip casting for dense and textured ceramics: a review of current achievements and issues, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 41 (2021), 24-37.           (Open Access)

2020

• A. Kumar, H. Mohanram, J. Li, H. Le Ferrand, C. Verma, A. Miserez, Disorder-order interplay of a barnacle cement protein triggered by interactions with calcium and carbonate ions: a molecular dynamics study, Chemistry of Materials, 32 (2020), 8845-8859.

• A. Javadian, H. Le Ferrand, D. E. Hebel, N. Saeidi, Application of mycelium-bound composite materials in construction industry: a short review, SOJ Materials Science and Engineering (2020).(Open Access)

• E. Soh*, Z.Y. Chew*, N. Saeidi, A. Javadian, D. Hebel, H. Le Ferrand, Development of an extrudable paste to build mycelium-bound composites, Materials & Design, 195 (2020), 109058. (Open Access)

• P. Dee, H.Y. You, S.H. Teoh, H. Le Ferrand, Bioinspired approaches to toughen calcium phosphate-based ceramics for bone repair, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 112 (2020), 104078, invited contribution. (Open Access)

• H. Le Ferrand, S. Chabi, S. Agarwala, 3D assembly of graphene nanomaterials for advanced electronics, Advanced Intelligent Systems, (2020), 1900151. (Open Access)

• H. Le Ferrand, Y. Morii, Structure-behaviour correlations between two genetically closely related snail species, Royal Society Open Science 7 (2020), 191471. (Open Access)

• H. Le Ferrand, C. Athanasiou, A materials perspective on the design of damage-resilient bone implants through additive/advanced manufacturing, JOM (2020). (Open Access)

​2019

• H. Le Ferrand, F. Bouville, Processing of dense bio-inspired ceramics with deliberate microtexture, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 102 (2019), 7253. 

• T. Magrini, F. Bouville, A. Lauria, H. Le Ferrand, T. Niebel, A.R. Studart, Transparent and tough bulk composites inspired by nacre, Nature Communications 10 (2019), 2794. (Open Access)

News Release: Device and materials engineering, Device materials and engineering; Nacre-inspired composites display optical transparency, fracture toughness, MRS Bulletin.

• H. Le Ferrand, Modeling the effect of microstructure on elastic wave propagation in platelet-reinforced composites and ceramics, Composite Structures 224 (2019), 111105.​ 

Open Access Preprint: arXiv:1906.02582

• H. Le Ferrand, M. Duchamp, D. Gabryelczyk, C. Hao, A. Miserez, Time-resolved observations of liquid-liquid phase separation at the nanoscale using in situ Liquid Transmission Electron Microscopy, JACS 17 (2019), 7202. (PDF)

• S. Amini, M. Tadayon, J.J. Loke, A. Kumar, D. Kanagavel, H. Le Ferrand, M. Duchamp, M. Raida, R.M. Sobota, L. Chen, S. Hoon, A. Miserez, A diecast mineralization process forms the tough mantis shrimp dactyl club, PNAS 18 (2019), 8685.

• H. Le Ferrand, F. Bouville, A.R. Studart, Design of textured multi-layered structures via magnetically assisted slip casting, Soft Matter 15 (2019), 3886.

​Open Access Preprint: arXiv:1808.01327.

• H. Le Ferrand, A.R. Studart, A.F. Arrieta, Filtered mechanosensing using snapping composites with embedded mechano-electrical transduction, ACS Nano 4 (2019), 4752.

​News Release: "Spidey senses" could help autonomous machines see better, Purdue News; Snap! Goes the Future..., Felix, Imperial College newspaper.

• H. Le Ferrand, Robotics: Science preceding science-fiction, MRS Bulletin 44 (2019), 295. (PDF), invited contribution.

• H. Le Ferrand, External fields for the fabrication of highly mineralized hierarchical architectures, J. Mater. Res., 34 (2019), 169.(Open Access)

2018​​​

• K. Riley, H. Le Ferrand, A.F. Arrieta, Modeling of snapping composite shells with magnetically aligned bio-inspired reinforcements, Smart Materials and Structures  27 (2018), 114003.

​2017

• J.U. Schmied*, H. Le Ferrand*, P. Ermanni, A.R. Studart, A.F. Arrieta, Programmable snapping composites with bio-inspired architecture, Bioinsp. Biomim. 12 (2017), 026012.

News Release: Bio-inspired bistable shape-changing displacement sensors, MRS Meeting Scene

​2016

• F. Bargardi*, H. Le Ferrand*, R. Libanori, A.R. Studart, Bio-inspired self-shaping ceramics, Nature Communications 7 (2016), 13912. (Open Access)

• H. Le Ferrand, S. Bolisetty, A.F. Demirörs, R. Libanori, A.R. Studart, R. Mezzenga, Magnetic assembly of transparent and conducting graphene-based functional composites, Nature Communications 7 (2016), 12078. (Open Access)

​2015

• A. Garbin, I. Leibacher, P. Hahn, H. Le Ferrand, A.R. Studart, J. Dual, Acoustophoresis of disc-shaped microparticles: a numerical and experimental study of acoustic radiation forces and torques, J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 138 (2015), 2759.

• H. Le Ferrand*, F. Bouville*, T.P. Niebel, A.R. Studart, Magnetically assisted slip-casting of bio-inspired heterogeneous composites, Nature Materials 14 (2015), 1172.

News Releases: Biomimetic dental prosthesis, Peter Rüegg, ETH News, Advances in materials will soon solve any dental dilemma, April Gocha, The American Ceramic Society, Nachbau gelungen: Ein künstlicher Zahn so hart wie ein echter, Detlef Stoller (in German), ingenieur.de, Nuevas prótesis dentales biomiméticas, (in Spanish) Tendencias21 

Open Access Preprint: arXiv:1605.07461.

2012

• R. Libanori, R.M. Erb, A. Reiser, H. Le Ferrand, M.J. Süess, R. Spolenak, A.R. Studart, Stretchable heterogeneous composites with extreme mechanical gradients, Nature Communications 3 (2012), 026012. (Open Access)

News Releases: New material for stretchy electronics is inspired by nature and mimics how tendons connect to bones, New York Daily News, Härter als Knochen und weicher als Haut, Maja Schaffner (in German), ETH life