Bioinspired materials: An emerging field of multidisciplinary research

Passive and active mechanical properties of biotemplated ceramics revisited

“…This principle and its implications have been discussed by several authors, for the examples of gecko feet [1], bone [2,3], wood [4,5], lobster cuticle [6,7], or lotus leaves [8], amongst others. Utilization and abstraction of biological strategies has led to the field of biomimetics, or bioinspired materials synthesis [9][10][11][12].…”

Effect of plasticizers on the barrier and mechanical properties of biomimetic composites of chitosan and clay

“…The use of biological materials as source of inspiration to design innovative materials has attracted increased interest in recent years and this class of materials, known as biomimetic or bioinspired materials are now established as an important field of research in materials science. (Zollfrank et al, 2012) Among the diverse structures found in nature, the one of nacre, a natural composite found in mollusc shells, has served as model to the material science community, because it possesses an optimal combination of soft and hard materials. (Bonderer et al, 2008;Espinosa et al, 2009;Walther et al, 2010) It consists of a layered arrangement of inorganic platelets bonded by a small amount (about 5 % to 10 %) of proteins and polysaccharides.…”