Biomimetics: its practice and theory

Vincent, Julian F. V.; Bogatyreva, Olga; Bogatyrev, N. R.; Bowyer, Adrian; Pahl, and Anja-Karina

doi:10.1098/rsif.2006.0127

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“…The word biomimetics is relatively new; however, our ancestors looked to nature for inspiration and development of various materials and devices many centuries ago (Ball 2002;Bar-Cohen 2006;Vincent et al 2006;Anon. 2007;Meyers et al 2008).…”

Section: (A ) Industrial Significancementioning

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Biomimetics: lessons from nature–an overview

Bhushan

2009

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

1,128

733

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Nature has developed materials, objects and processes that function from the macroscale to the nanoscale. These have gone through evolution over 3.8 Gyr. The emerging field of biomimetics allows one to mimic biology or nature to develop nanomaterials, nanodevices and processes. Properties of biological materials and surfaces result from a complex interplay between surface morphology and physical and chemical properties. Hierarchical structures with dimensions of features ranging from the macroscale to the nanoscale are extremely common in nature to provide properties of interest. Molecularscale devices, superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning, drag reduction in fluid flow, energy conversion and conservation, high adhesion, reversible adhesion, aerodynamic lift, materials and fibres with high mechanical strength, biological self-assembly, antireflection, structural coloration, thermal insulation, self-healing and sensory-aid mechanisms are some of the examples found in nature that are of commercial interest. This paper provides a broad overview of the various objects and processes of interest found in nature and applications under development or available in the marketplace.

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Section: (A ) Industrial Significancementioning

confidence: 99%

Biomimetics: lessons from nature–an overview

Bhushan

2009

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

1,128

733

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“…La matrice de contradiction développée dans TRIZ permet de découvrir quels principes innovants pourraient résoudre le problème. L'approche BioTRIZ (Vincent et al, 2006) propose une nouvelle matrice de contradictions basée sur des phénomènes biologiques comme un moyen de stimuler le transfert entre la biologie et l'ingénierie. BioTRIZ est développé à l'université de Bath, en Angleterre par Nikolay et Olga Bogatyrev, biologistes russes, ainsi que par le professeur Julian Vincent.…”

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Biomimétisme en architecture. État, méthodes et outils

Chayaamor-Heil¹,

Guéna²,

Hannachi-Belkadi³

2018

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Le biomimétisme inspire l’innovation dans différents domaines. Il a un impact significatif dans le champ de l’architecture, où il peut conduire à des innovations pour concevoir un environnement bâti durable. En tant que champ interdisciplinaire, l’architecture est influencée par de nombreux aspects des sciences naturelles et sociales. Parmi ces influences, l’inspiration de la biologie est actuellement dominante. Le cadre de la conception bio-inspirée a évolué et s’est transformé en différentes approches innovantes en grande partie du fait du développement de l’informatique et de son usage en architecture. Cet article vise à identifier les principales caractéristiques de l’architecture biomimétique, au regard de l’architecture bio-inspirée et à travers un état des connaissances dans le domaine et une étude de cas significatifs. L’objectif est de montrer comment l’usage de méthodologies de conception biomimétique pourrait conduire à des innovations en architecture en vue de répondre aux enjeux environnementaux actuels. Toutefois les architectes ne disposent pas encore des moyens d’accès à ces méthodologies biomimétiques pour les utiliser efficacement, aussi nous présentons à la fin de cet article les caractéristiques d’une plateforme d’outils qui pourrait faciliter la conception biomimétique dans le champ de l’architecture.

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“…The extent of the symbiosis between technology and biology has been investigated quantitatively (Vincent et al 2006), revealing that the present technology solves problems largely by manipulating the use of energy, while biology relies heavily on structure and information storage. This analysis is useful because it helps us to focus on which aspects of the natural world (and which aspects of its relevant processes) might be most usefully transferred to technology via the judicious practice of biomimicry.…”

Section: (B ) Materials Produced By Natural Processesmentioning

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Biomimicry as a route to new materials: what kinds of lessons are useful?

Reed

Klumb

Koobatian

et al. 2009

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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We consider the attributes of a successful engineered material, acknowledging the contributions of composition and processing to properties and performance. We recognize the potential for relevant lessons to be learned from nature, at the same time conceding both the limitations of such lessons and our need to be selective. We then give some detailed attention to the molecular biomimicry of filamentous phage, the process biomimicry of silk and the structure biomimicry of hippopotamus 'sweat', in each case noting that the type of lesson now being learned is not the same as the potential lesson that originally motivated the study.

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Biomimetics: its practice and theory

Cited by 887 publications

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Biomimetics: lessons from nature–an overview

Biomimetics: lessons from nature–an overview

Biomimétisme en architecture. État, méthodes et outils

Biomimicry as a route to new materials: what kinds of lessons are useful?

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