Prof Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Fratzl

Edited Volumes & Exhibition Catalogues

Fratzl, P., Jacobs, K., Möller, M., Scheibel, T., Sternberg, K. eds. 2019. Materials Research: Inspired by Nature. acatech Discussion. acatech. https://www.acatech.de/publikation/materialforschung-impulsgeber-natur/

Articles

Beygelzimer, Y., Kulagin, R., Fratzl, P., Estrin, Y. 2021. »The Earth's Lithosphere Inspires Materials Design.« Advanced Materials, 33, (3): 2005473. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202005473

Chiou, A. E., Liu, C., Moreno-Jiménez, I., Tang, T., Wagermaier, W., Dean, M. N., Fischbach, C., Fratzl, P. 2021. »Breast cancer–secreted factors perturb murine bone growth in regions prone to metastasis.« Science Advances, 7, (12): eabf2283. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf2283

De Falco, P., Weinkamer, R., Wagermaier, W., Li, C., Snow, T., Terrill, N. J., Gupta, H. S., Goyal, P., Stoll, M., Benner, P., Fratzl, P. 2021. »Tomographic X-ray scattering based on invariant reconstruction: analysis of the 3D nanostructure of bovine bone.« Journal of Applied Crystallography, 54, (2): 486-497. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576721000881

Fang, W., Ping, H., Wagermaier, W., Jin, S., Amini, S., Fratzl, P., Sha, G., Xia, F., Wu, J., Xie, H., Zhai, P., Wang, W., Fu, Z. 2021. »Rapid Collagen-Directed Mineralization of Calcium Fluoride Nanocrystals with Periodically Patterned Nanostructure.« Nanoscale, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NR00789K

Gamsjaeger, S., Fratzl, P., Paschalis, E. 2021. »Interplay between mineral crystallinity and mineral accumulation in health and postmenopausal osteoporosis.« Acta Biomaterialia, 124, 374-381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2021.02.011

Ryzhkov, N. V., Nikitina, A. A., Fratzl, P., Bidan, C. M., Skorb, E. V. 2021. »Polyelectrolyte Substrate Coating for Controlling Biofilm Growth at Solid–Air Interface.« Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2001807. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202001807

Zhang, W., Bertinetti, L., Blank, K. G., Dimova, R., Gao, C., Schneck, E., Fratzl, P. 2021. »Spatiotemporal Measurement of Osmotic Pressures by FRET Imaging.« Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60, 6488-6495. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202011983

Chaumel, J., Schotte, M., Bizzarro, J. J., Zaslansky, P., Fratzl, P., Baum, D., Dean, M. N. 2020. »Co-aligned chondrocytes: Zonal morphological variation and structured arrangement of cell lacunae in tessellated cartilage.« Bone, 134, 115264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2020.115264

Eder, M., Schäffner, W., Burgert, I., Fratzl, P. 2020. »Wood and the Activity of Dead Tissue.« Advanced Materials, 2001412. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202001412

Jayasankar, A., Seidel, R., Hosny, A., Weaver, J., Fratzl, P., Chen, J., Dean, M. 2020. »Multi-scale modeling and mechanical performance characterization of stingray skeleton-inspired tessellations.« Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 138, 103906. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2020.103906

Jehle, F., Macías-Sánchez, E., Sviben, S., Fratzl, P., Bertinetti, L., Harrington, M. J. 2020. »Hierarchically-structured metalloprotein composite coatings biofabricated from co-existing condensed liquid phases.« Nature Communications, 11, (1): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14709-y

Ping, H., Poudel, L., Xie, H., Fang, W., Zou, Z., Zhai, P., Wagermaier, W., Fratzl, P., Wang, W., Wang, H., O'Reilly, P., Ching, W., Fu, Z. 2020. »Synthesis of monodisperse rod-shaped silica particles through biotemplating of surface-functionalized bacteria.« Nanoscale, 12, (16): 8732-8741. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR00669F

Razi, H., Predan, J., Fischer, F. D., Kolednik, O., Fratzl, P. 2020. »Damage tolerance of lamellar bone.« Bone, 130, 115102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2019.115102

Roschger, A., Wagermaier, W., Gamsjaeger, S., Hassler, N., Schmidt, I., Blouin, S., Berzlanovich, A., Gruber, G. M., Weinkamer, R., Roschger, P., Paschalis, E. P., Klaushofer, K., Fratzl, P. 2020. »Newly formed and remodeled human bone exhibits differences in the mineralization process.« Acta Biomaterialia, 104, 221-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2020.01.004

Schemenz, V., Gjardy, A., Chamasemani, F. F., Roschger, A., Roschger, P., Zaslansky, P., Helfen, L., Burghammer, M., Fratzl, P., Weinkamer, R., Brunner, R., Willie, B. M., Wagermaier, W. 2020. »Heterogeneity of the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular network architecture and material characteristics across different tissue types in healing bone.« Journal of Structural Biology, 212, (2): 107616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107616

Sviben, S., Spaeker, O., Bennet, M., Albéric, M., Dirks, J., Moussian, B., Fratzl, P., Bertinetti, L., Politi, Y. 2020. »Epidermal Cell Surface Structure and Chitin–Protein Co-assembly Determine Fiber Architecture in the Locust Cuticle.« ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12, (23): 25581-25590. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c04572

Tadayon, M., Younes‐Metzler, O., Shelef, Y., Zaslansky, P., Rechels, A., Berner, A., Zolotoyabko, E., Barth, F. G., Fratzl, P., Bar‐On, B., Politi, Y. 2020. »Adaptations for Wear Resistance and Damage Resilience: Micromechanics of Spider Cuticular “Tools”.« Advanced Functional Materials, 2000400. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202000400

Turcaud, S., Thorin, A., Bréchet, Y., Fratzl, P., Dunlop, J. W. 2020. »Twisters: An analogy of bilayers for twisting.« Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 134, 103742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2019.103742

van Tol, A. F., Roschger, A., Repp, F., Chen, J., Roschger, P., Berzlanovich, A., Gruber, G. M., Fratzl, P., Weinkamer, R. 2020. »Network architecture strongly influences the fluid flow pattern through the lacunocanalicular network in human osteons.« Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 19, (3): 823-840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-019-01250-1

Zou, Z., Tang, T., Macías-Sánchez, E., Sviben, S., Landis, W. J., Bertinetti, L., Fratzl, P. 2020. »Three-dimensional structural interrelations between cells, extracellular matrix, and mineral in normally mineralizing avian leg tendon.« Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, (25): 14102-14109. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917932117

Autefage, H., Allen, F., Tang, H., Kallepitis, C., Gentleman, E., Reznikov, N., Nitiputri, K., Nommeots-Nomm, A., O'Donnell, M., Lange, C., Seidt, B., Kim, T., Solanki, A., Tallia, F., Young, G., Lee, P., Pierce, B., Wagermaier, W., Fratzl, P., Goodship, A., Jones, J., Blunn, G., Stevens, M. 2019. »Multiscale analyses reveal native-like lamellar bone repair and near perfect bone-contact with porous strontium-loaded bioactive glass.« Biomaterials, 209, 152-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.03.035

Ehrig, S., Schamberger, B., Bidan, C. M., West, A., Jacobi, C., Lam, K., Kollmannsberger, P., Petersen, A., Tomancak, P., Kommareddy, K., Fischer, F. D., Fratzl, P., Dunlop, J. W. C. 2019. »Surface tension determines tissue shape and growth kinetics.« Science Advances, 5, (9): eaav9394. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav9394

Horbelt, N., Eder, M., Bertinetti, L., Fratzl, P., Harrington, M. J. 2019. »Unraveling the Rapid Assembly Process of Stiff Cellulosic Fibers from Mistletoe Berries.« Biomacromolecules, 20, (8): 3094-3103. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00648

Huss, J. C., Fratzl, P., Dunlop, J. W. C., Merritt, D. J., Miller, B. P., Eder, M. 2019. »Protecting Offspring Against Fire: Lessons From Banksia Seed Pods.« Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00283

Kelly, S., Weinkamer, R., Bertinetti, L., Edmonds, R., Sizeland, K., Wells, H., Fratzl, P., Haverkamp, R. 2019. »Effect of collagen packing and moisture content on leather stiffness.« Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 90, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.10.004

Roschger, A., Roschger, P., Wagermaier, W., Chen, J., van Tol, A., Repp, F., Blouin, S., Berzlanovich, A., Gruber, G., Klaushofer, K., Fratzl, P., Weinkamer, R. 2019. »The contribution of the pericanalicular matrix to mineral content in human osteonal bone.« Bone, 123, 76-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2019.03.018

Seidel, R., Roschger, A., Li, L., Bizzarro, J. J., Zhang, Q., Yin, J., Yang, T., Weaver, J. C., Fratzl, P., Roschger, P., Dean, M. N. 2019. »Mechanical properties of stingray tesserae: High-resolution correlative analysis of mineral density and indentation moduli in tessellated cartilage.« Acta Biomaterialia, 96, 421-435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2019.06.038

Weinkamer, R., Eberl, C., Fratzl, P. 2019. »Mechanoregulation of Bone Remodeling and Healing as Inspiration for Self-Repair in Materials.« Biomimetics, 4, (3): 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics4030046

Weinkamer, R., Kollmannsberger, P., Fratzl, P. 2019. »Towards a Connectomic Description of the Osteocyte Lacunocanalicular Network in Bone.« Current Osteoporosis Reports, 17, (4): 186-194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11914-019-00515-z

Eder, M., Amini, S., Fratzl, P. 2018. »Biological composites—complex structures for functional diversity.« Science, 362, (6414): 543-547. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat8297

Huss, J. C., Schoeppler, V., Merritt, D. J., Best, C., Maire, E., Adrien, J., Spaeker, O., Janssen, N., Gladisch, J., Gierlinger, N., Miller, B. P., Fratzl, P., Eder, M. 2017. »Climate-Dependent Heat-Triggered Opening Mechanism of Banksia Seed Pods.« Advanced Science, 5, (1): 1700572. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201700572

Guiducci, L., Razghandi, K., Bertinetti, L., Turcaud, S., Rüggeberg, M., Weaver, J. C., Fratzl, P., Burgert, I., Dunlop, J. W. C. 2016. »Honeycomb Actuators Inspired by the Unfolding of Ice Plant Seed Capsules.« PLOS ONE, 11, (11): e0163506. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163506

Bertinetti, L., Hangen, U. D., Eder, M., Leibner, P., Fratzl, P., Zlotnikov, I. 2014. »Characterizing moisture-dependent mechanical properties of organic materials: humidity-controlled static and dynamic nanoindentation of wood cell walls.« Philosophical Magazine, 95, (16-18): 1992-1998. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2014.920544

Razghandi, K., Bertinetti, L., Guiducci, L., Dunlop, J. W. C., Fratzl, P., Neinhuis, C., Burgert, I. 2014. »Hydro-actuation of ice plant seed capsules powered by water uptake.« Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials, 3, (3): 169-182. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1680/bbn.14.00016

Saxe, F., Eder, M., Benecke, G., Aichmayer, B., Fratzl, P., Burgert, I., Rüggeberg, M. 2014. »Measuring the distribution of cellulose microfibril angles in primary cell walls by small angle X-ray scattering.« Plant Methods, 10, (1): 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4811-10-25

Harrington, M. J., Razghandi, K., Ditsch, F., Guiducci, L., Rueggeberg, M., Dunlop, J. W., Fratzl, P., Neinhuis, C., Burgert, I. 2011. »Origami-like unfolding of hydro-actuated ice plant seed capsules.« Nature Communications, 2, (1): 337. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1336

Goswami, L., Dunlop, J. W., Jungnikl, K., Eder, M., Gierlinger, N., Coutand, C., Jeronimidis, G., Fratzl, P., Burgert, I. 2008. »Stress generation in the tension wood of poplar is based on the lateral swelling power of the G-layer.« The Plant Journal, 56, (4): 531-538. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03617.x

Burgert, I., Eder, M., Gierlinger, N., Fratzl, P. 2007. »Tensile and compressive stresses in tracheids are induced by swelling based on geometrical constraints of the wood cell.« Planta, 226, (4): 981-987. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-007-0544-9

Fratzl, P. 2007. »Biomimetic materials research: what can we really learn from nature's structural materials?« Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 4, (15): 637.

Burgert, I., Eder, M., Frühmann, K., Keckes, J., Fratzl, P., Stanzl-Tschegg, S. 2005. »Properties of chemically and mechanically isolated fibres of spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.). Part 3: Mechanical characterisation.« Holzforschung, 59, (3): 354-357. https://doi.org/10.1515/HF.2005.058

Talks & Presentations

Beyer, B., Cubasch, A., Fratzl, P., Hengge, R., Mareis, C., Perraudin, L., Sauer, C., Schäffner, W., for the Cluster »Matters of Activity«. Can Bacteria Spin a Yarn? We Need a New Culture of Materials. Panel Presentation at MitWissenschaft - Spinnen die, die Bakterien?. »Can Bacteria Spin a Yarn? We Need a New Culture of Materials«, Humboldt Forum, Berlin. Hybrid. 29 April 2021. https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/termin/science-humanities/do-bacteria-spin-a-yarn-20472/

Fratzl, P. Local fibre orientations control the behaviour of biological materials. Talk at Seminar. the International Seminar Series on Programmable Materials in Summer 2021, Fraunhofer-Cluster of Excellence »Programmable Materials«. Virtual. 20 May 2021.

Fratzl, P. Natural Active Materials. Talk at Conference. Annual Conference of the Cluster »Matters of Activity« 2020, Virtual. 11 November 2020. https://www.virtualspace.matters-of-activity.de/annualconference/?id=2

Guiducci, L., Kycia, A., Bidan, C., Sauer, C., Fratzl, P. Harvesting geometric and contact non-linearities to design programmable materials: an interdisciplinary approach. Poster presentation at Conference. Multifunctional Materials and Structures. Progression from Integrated Multifunctionality to Neuromorphic Networks for Autonomy, Ventura, CA, US. 19 January 2020. https://www.grc.org/multifunctional-materials-and-structures-conference/2020/

Reppe, F., Huss, J. C., Fratzl, P., Elbaum, R., Werner, P., Wenig, C., Eder, M. Banksia Seed Pod Opening – Structure and Mechanics of a Long-term Functional Pericarp. Poster presentation at Conference. SICB Annual Meeting 2020, Austin, TX, USA. 5 January 2020.

Fratzl, P. Stützen und Bewegen. Einige Bauprinzipien von Skelettsystemen. Talk at MoA Talks. Interdiciplinary Lecture Series, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, weißensee school of art and design Berlin. 29 October 2019. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/864/interdisciplinary-lecture-series-at-weissensee-school-of-art-and-design-berlin

Reppe, F., Horbelt, N., Huss, J., Fratzl, P., Eder, M. Sclerenchymatic Tissue in Banksia Follicles – The Effect of Moisture on Dimensional and Mechanical Properties. Poster presentation at Conference. 4th Euro Bio-inspired Materials 2018, Potsdam, Germany. 20 March 2018.

Events & Workshops

Ribault, P., Fratzl, P., Schäffner, W., et al. Behavioral Matter: Composer avec le vivant. Workshop. Centre Pompidou, Paris. In cooperation with Ensadlab (École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris) and the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«. 29 March 2019. https://fonds-perspektive.de/fr/behavioralmatter/

Teaching & Courses

Sauer, C., Guiducci, L., Razghandi, K., Fransén Waldhör, E., Schneider, M.; Scaling Nature (1) – Wrinkles. Design Research Studio. With contributions by Agata Kycia, Cécile Bidan, Peter Fratzl, Michael Friedman, Regine Hengge and Mareike Stoll. Student projects from Scaling Nature (1) were presented at NuThinkers during Domotex Tradefair in Hanover, 10-13 January 2020. weißensee school of art and design berlin. 15 April 2019 - 20 July 2019. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/1130/moa-design-studio-scaling-nature-1-wrinkles

Sauer, C., Guiducci, L., Razghandi, K., Kycia, A. Scaling Nature (2) – Fibers, Muscles & Bones. Design Research Studio. With contributions by Peter Fratzl, Mason Dean, John A. Nyakatura, Iva Rešetar and Mareike Stoll. weißensee school of art and design berlin. 15 October 2019 - 11 February 2020. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/1142/moa-design-studio-scaling-nature-2-fibers-muscles-bones, https://kh-berlin.de/projekt-detail/Project/detail/scaling-nature-2-fibers-muscles-bones-3102.html

Memberships

Fratzl, P. Since 2021. Elected membership of U.S. National Academy of Engineering.

Press Articles

Fratzl, P. 2021. »Materialwissenschaft – von der Biomimese zur Bioinspiration.« Austria Presse Agentur/Science, 8 April 2021. https://science.apa.at/gastbeitrag/materialwissenschaft-von-der-biomimese-zur-bioinspiration/