Materials in progress: innovations for designers and architects

7589, Burhani Book Centre 2026-02-16

Foreword p.8, The New Mindfulness and Conscious Consumption p.10, Alternative
Nutrition Conceptsp.12, Concepts For Reducing Food Waste p.18, Reusable Rather
Than Disposable p.21, Biodegradable Packaging p.23, Edible Packaging p.26, Food-
Safe Coatings p.29, Eradicating Microplastics p.31, Plastic-Eating Organisms p.34,
Temporary Housing p.37, Sustainability And The Circular Economy p.38, Ocean
Plastics p.40, Polyamides From Fishing Nets p.42, Bio-Based High-Performance Fibres
p.45, Recyclable Textiles p.47, Natural Aggregates p.51, Chemical Recycling p.53,
Cellulose-Based Materials p.54, Animal Materials p.57, Recycled Building Materials
p.59, Building Materials From Packaging p.61, Urban Waste p.65, Bioeconomics and
Bio-Based Materials p.70, Bio-Based Resins p.72, Bio-Based Elastomers p.74, Bio-
Based Foams 76, Casein Plastics p.78,Mushroom-Based Materials p.80, Bark

Materials p.82, Vegetable Leather Substitute 85 Grass Paper and Textiles p.89, Algae
and Algae Composites p.92, Materials Made with Organic Waste 96,Bio-Based Building
Materials p.102, New Mobility Concepts and Lightweight Solutions p.104, Paper
Composite Materials p.106, Biodegradable Bottles Textile-Based Lightweight
Construction p.112, Stable Carbon Modifications p.114, Carbon Fibres from Lignin or
Carbon Dioxide p.116, Lightweight Timber Construction p.118, Lightweight Bamb00
Construction p.121, Hollow Spheres p.125, Bio-Based Foams p.127, Silk Materials
p.129, Bionic Structures From The Sea p.132, Digitalisation and Internet Culture p.134,
Materials For The Smart Home p.136, Inductive Systems p.138, Magnetisable Road
Surfaces p.140, Microleds p.141, Electroluminescent Light Coatings p.142, Printed
Electronics p.143, Conductive Papers and Printed Paper Electronics p.146, Elastic
Circuits For Wearables p.149,Printed Electronics on Human Skin p.151, Woven Textile
Muscles Using Electroactive Materials p.153, Gripper Systems Using Electro-Adhesion
p.155, Smart Dust p.156, Additive Production And 3d Printing p.158, Bio-Based Printing
Materials p.160, 3D Glass Printing p.164, Silicone Printing p.167,Printing Materials for
Medicine p.168, Additive Manufacturing In Three-Dimensional Space p.170, Printing
Materials with Smart Properties p.173, Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Processes p.176,
4D Printing p.178, 4D Textiles p.182, 3D-Printed Metamaterials p.184, Food Printers
p.186, 3D Printers in Architecture p.190, Intelligent Systems and Bio-Inspired Surfaces
p.194, Multi-Stable Fibre Composite Structures p.196, 30 Auretics p.198, Therrnal
Mernory Materials p.200, Breathing Systerns p.203, Hygroscopic Shape-Changing
Materials p.205, Permanently Liquid-Impregnated Surfaces p.206, Anti-Icing Surfaces
p.207, Salvinia Effect p.208, Graphene Materials p.209, Water-Cleansing Filter
Materials p.210, Magnetic And Magnetorheological Materials p.212, Phono-Lurninous
Paper and Liquid Light p.215, Lurninous Plants p.217, Self-Healing Materials p.218,
Renewable Energy and Energy Production p.220, Transparent And Organic
Photovoltaics p.222, Mini Solar Cells p.225, Liquid Lenses p.227, Biochernical Energy
Production p.229 Energy From Animal Organisns p.232, Kinetic Energy Converters
p.234, Piezoelectric energy systems Piezoelectric energy systems p.236, Srnall wrind
turbines for urban areas p.239, Energy-harvesting pipelines p.242, Energy storage
devices without heavy netals p.244, Gravity storage p.246, Multiferroic materials for
endless batteries p.247, Solar fuels p.248, Appendix p.251, About the authors p.251,
Index p.252. Selected publications by the authors p.259, Selected lectures by the
authors p.263, Acknowledgernents p.271. Selected publications by the authors 259
Selected lectures by the authors 263 Acknowledgernents 271.