Bioinspired Structures and Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2022) | Viewed by 3661
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomimicry is the art of learning, imitating, and adopting nature’s solutions to solve complex engineering problems. Many technological advances are made through inspiration from nature, ranging from structural applications such as lightweight honeycomb structures, king fisher-inspired high-speed trains, and whale fin-inspired wind turbine blades to functional applications, for example, gecko-inspired adhesives and lotus-inspired hydrophobic surfaces. Although there are already countless biomimetic applications being realized, the possibility for more is endless. In this Special Issue, we are calling for papers related to bioinspired structures and materials. Papers of interest include: design, testing, and modeling of bioinspired structures; biomimetic architected materials; multiscale hierarchical structures; etc. Papers involving the advanced manufacturing of polymer-based structures inspired by nature are also solicited. The aim of this Special Issue is to enhance dissemination of recent research regarding bioinspired structures and materials among researchers across interdisciplinary fields in engineering, science, and arts.
Dr. Kwek-Tze Tan
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- biomimicry
- biomimetic
- bioinspired
- biomaterials
- biological models
- microstructure
- architected material
- toughening mechanism
- hierarchical structure
- additive manufacturing
