Euplectella as a case study

Hierarchical assembly of the siliceous skeletal lattice of the hexactinellid sponge Euplectella aspergillum

James C Weaver, Joanna Aizenberg, Georg E Fantner, David Kisailus, Alexander Woesz, Peter Allen, Kirk Fields, Michael J Porter, Frank W Zok, Paul K Hansma, Peter Fratzl, Daniel E Morse

Journal of Structural Biology 188 (1):  93-106

Review article: Unifying principles

Unifying design strategies in demosponge and hexactinellid skeletal systems

James C Weaver, Garrett W Milliron, Peter Allen, Ali Miserez, Aditya Rawal, Javier Garay, Philipp J Thurner, Jong Seto, Boaz Mayzel, Larry Jon Friesen, Bradley F Chmelka, Peter Fratzl, Joanna Aizenberg, Yannicke Dauphin, David Kisailus, Daniel E Morse

Journal of Adhesion 86 (1): 72-95

Mechanical design insights

Mechanically robust lattices inspired by deep-sea glass sponges

Matheus C Fernandes, Joanna Aizenberg, James C Weaver, Katia Bertoldi

Nature Materials 20 (2): 237-241

Hydrodynamic insights

Mechanical and hydrodynamic analyses of helical strake-like ridges in a glass sponge

Matheus C Fernandes, Mehdi Saadat, Patrick Cauchy-Dubois, Chikara Inamura, Ted Sirota, Garrett Milliron, Hossein Haj-Hariri, Katia Bertoldi, James C Weaver

Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18 (182), 20210559