materialbuds
Materialbuds is a term used in materials science to describe microscale, bud-like structures embedded within a host material that can influence transport, mechanical properties, or chemical reactivity. The concept, inspired by biological bud growth, denotes localized regions where material can organize into a distinct phase or porosity. Materialbuds can be distributed throughout a matrix and range in size from tens of nanometers to a few micrometers.
Structure and formation: Each bud consists of a core phase, which may be inorganic or polymeric, surrounded
Fabrication approaches: Self-assembly, phase separation, templating, electrospinning, and 3D printing have been explored to create bud-like
Applications: In composites, materialbuds can improve toughness by impeding crack propagation. They can serve as diffusion
Variants and evaluation: Stimuli-responsive buds change properties with pH, temperature, light, or electric field. Characterization relies
See also: microcapsules, porous materials, metamaterials, self-assembly.