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Creating new materials inspired by nature.

Bioinspired Materials and Devices Group, led by Professor Chun-Xia Zhao, focusses on the discovery and development of new knowledge and new approaches for making bio-inspired functional micro/nano materials based on biomimetic engineering and microfluidic technology for drug delivery and controlled release.

The Group has developed facile and scalable methods for producing libraries of multifunctional materials (liposomes, polymeric nanoparticles and core-shell nanomaterials) for drug delivery and controlled release, and has been developing tumour-on-a-chip and organs-on-a-chip to evaluate these systems with the ultimate goal of accelerating their clinical translation.

The Group has also been working with industry partners and collaborators to translate their patented technologies into commercial applications