Recent Advances in Biomimetic Porous Materials for Real-World Applications

Qiu, Qunren; Yang, Yi; Liang, Fanghua; Wang, Gang; Han, Xuelong; Zang, Chuanfeng; Ge, Mingzheng

doi:10.3390/biomimetics10080521

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Recent Advances in Biomimetic Porous Materials for Real-World Applications

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Qunren Qiu

^1,†,

Yi Yang

^2,†,

Fanghua Liang

³,

Gang Wang

²,

Xuelong Han

⁴,

Chuanfeng Zang

^2,* and

Mingzheng Ge

^2,*

¹

Engineering Training Center, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China

²

School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China

³

Nano Fusion Technology Research Group, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Nagano Ueda 386-8567, Japan

⁴

Changshu Feilong Nonwoven Machinery Co., Ltd., Suzhou 215539, China

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Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

^†

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Biomimetics 2025, 10(8), 521; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics10080521

Submission received: 27 June 2025 / Revised: 27 July 2025 / Accepted: 2 August 2025 / Published: 8 August 2025

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Abstract

Bionic synthesis technology has made significant breakthroughs in porous functional materials by replicating and optimizing biological structures. For instance, biomimetic titanium dioxide-coated carbon multilayer materials, prepared via biological templating, exhibit a hierarchical structure, abundant nanopores, and synergistic effects. Bionic mineralization further enhances microcapsules by forming a secondary inorganic wall, granting them superior impermeability, high elastic modulus, and hardness. Through techniques like molecular self-assembly, electrospinning, and pressure-driven fusion, researchers have successfully fabricated centimeter-scale artificial lamellar bones without synthetic polymers. In environmental applications, electrospun membranes inspired by lotus leaves and bird bones achieve 99.94% separation efficiency for n-hexane–water mixtures, retaining nearly 99% efficiency after 20 cycles. For energy applications, an all-ceramic silica nanofiber aerogel with a bionic blind bristle structure demonstrates ultralow thermal conductivity (0.0232–0.0643 W·m⁻¹·K⁻¹) across a broad temperature range (−50 to 800 °C). This review highlights the preparation methods and recent advances in biomimetic porous materials for practical applications.

Keywords: biomimetic structure; porous materials; fundamental mechanism; biomedical applications; environmental remediation; energy storage

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Qiu, Q.; Yang, Y.; Liang, F.; Wang, G.; Han, X.; Zang, C.; Ge, M. Recent Advances in Biomimetic Porous Materials for Real-World Applications. Biomimetics 2025, 10, 521. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics10080521

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Qiu Q, Yang Y, Liang F, Wang G, Han X, Zang C, Ge M. Recent Advances in Biomimetic Porous Materials for Real-World Applications. Biomimetics. 2025; 10(8):521. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics10080521

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Qiu, Qunren, Yi Yang, Fanghua Liang, Gang Wang, Xuelong Han, Chuanfeng Zang, and Mingzheng Ge. 2025. "Recent Advances in Biomimetic Porous Materials for Real-World Applications" Biomimetics 10, no. 8: 521. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics10080521

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Qiu, Q., Yang, Y., Liang, F., Wang, G., Han, X., Zang, C., & Ge, M. (2025). Recent Advances in Biomimetic Porous Materials for Real-World Applications. Biomimetics, 10(8), 521. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics10080521

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