Biomimetics: Flexible Fabrication of Biomimetic Bamboo-Like Hybrid Microfibers (Adv. Mater. 16/2014)

Biomimetic and flexible bamboo-like hybrid fibers are fabricated by J. Qin and co-workers as described on page 2494 using a novel one-step strategy combining a droplet microfluidic technique with a wet-spinning process. The polymer spheres and multicellular spheroids can be incorporated into the biocompatible microfibers in a controllable way, which has extensive applications in materials science and tissue engineering.