Bioinspired and Biomimetic Nanomedicines

Biomimetic and Bioinspired Crystallization with Macromolecular Additives

Biomimetic and Bioinspired Anti-adhesive and Antimicrobial Surfaces

Macroand microfouling cause serious problems in many kinds of technical equipment. Consequently, there is great interest in the development of surfaces with anti-adhesive and antimicrobial properties. A range of surfaces with such properties exist in nature and artificial systems that mimic or are inspired by these natural systems could potentially be valuable technical surfaces. SmartMembranes...

Bioinspired and Biomimetic Self-Healing of Advanced Composite Materials

INTRODUCTION Conceptual inspiration from nature is not new, and many engineering approaches can be considered to have been inspired by observing natural systems. The healing potential and repair strategies of living organisms is increasingly of interest to designers seeking lower mass structures with increased service life who wish to progress from a conventional damage tolerance philosophy. Na...

Biomimetic and bioinspired materials for applications in biophotonics.

Assessment of bioinspired models for pattern recognition in biomimetic systems.

The increasing complexity of the artificial implementations of biological systems, such as the so-called electronic noses (e-noses) and tongues (e-tongues), poses issues in sensory feature extraction and fusion, drift compensation and pattern recognition, especially when high reliability is required. In particular, in order to achieve effective results, the pattern recognition system must be ca...