Cicada Wing‐Inspired Skeleton‐GO Networks in Melamine Foams for Multifunctional High‐Performance Composites
Jigang Feng, Anhao Li, Babak Safaei, Yun Kong, Yizhen Miao, Zhaoye Qin, Fulei Chu · 2026
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Description
Jigang Feng and co-authors build a light foam that soaks up vibration and sound, copying the vein pattern of cicada wings. Their 2026 paper grows a skeleton-and-graphene-oxide network inside melamine foam rather than coating or filling its pores. Light foams usually force a trade: good damping, strength or sound absorption, rarely all three at once.
The wing-like web cut vibration settling time by about 83.3 percent and lifted damping by about 179.3 percent in their tests. Stiffness jumped roughly ninefold, letting the foam bear 1,000 times its own weight without visible crushing. The treated foam also sheds water, unlike plain melamine, widening where such padding could serve.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jigang Feng, Anhao Li, Babak Safaei, Yun Kong, Yizhen Miao, Zhaoye Qin, Fulei Chu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42713 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |