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Biomimetics, Volume 9, Issue 4

April 2024 - 63 articles

Cover Story: The cornea is a transparent membrane that protects the inner structures of the eye. It is exposed to the external environment and subjected to the risk of lesions and diseases, sometimes resulting in impaired vision and blindness. Several eye pathologies can be treated with keratoplasty, a surgical procedure aimed at replacing the cornea with tissues from human donors. Alternatively, keratoprosthesis is applied to restore minimal functions of the cornea. Recently, many natural and synthetic biomaterials have been developed as corneal substitutes to restore and replace diseased or injured corneas. This paper reviews the most innovative solutions that have been proposed to regenerate the cornea avoiding the use of donor tissues. View this paper
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Articles (63)

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,672 Views
25 Pages

In Vitro Characterization of Hydroxyapatite-Based Coatings Doped with Mg or Zn Electrochemically Deposited on Nanostructured Titanium

  • Diana M. Vranceanu,
  • Elena Ungureanu,
  • Ionut C. Ionescu,
  • Anca C. Parau,
  • Vasile Pruna,
  • Irina Titorencu,
  • Mihaela Badea,
  • Cristina-Ștefania Gălbău,
  • Mihaela Idomir and
  • Mihaela Dinu
  • + 2 authors

Biomaterials are an important and integrated part of modern medicine, and their development and improvement are essential. The fundamental requirement of a biomaterial is found to be in its interaction with the surrounding environment, with which it...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,447 Views
15 Pages

Use of Nanoparticles in Regenerative Dentistry: A Systematic Review

  • María Pilar Pecci-Lloret,
  • Silvia Gea-Alcocer,
  • Laura Murcia-Flores,
  • Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Lozano and
  • Ricardo Elías Oñate-Sánchez

Introduction: nanoparticles are tiny-sized materials whose characteristics and properties mean that their association with dental materials is being investigated to ascertain their effects and possible benefits on tooth structures. This systematic re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,512 Views
25 Pages

A Sustainable Multi-Objective Model for Capacitated-Electric-Vehicle-Routing-Problem Considering Hard and Soft Time Windows as Well as Partial Recharging

  • Amir Hossein Sheikh Azadi,
  • Mohammad Khalilzadeh,
  • Jurgita Antucheviciene,
  • Ali Heidari and
  • Amirhossein Soon

Due to the high pollution of the transportation sector, nowadays the role of electric vehicles has been noticed more and more by governments, organizations, and environmentally friendly people. On the other hand, the problem of electric vehicle routi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,458 Views
22 Pages

Diatoms captivate both biologists and engineers with their remarkable mechanical properties and lightweight design principles inherent in their shells. Recent studies have indicated that diatom frustules possess optimized shapes that align with vibra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,034 Views
19 Pages

Analysis and Simulation of the Compressive Strength of Bioinspired Lightweight Structures Manufactured by a Stereolithography 3D Printer

  • Cristina Alía García,
  • Álvaro Rodríguez Ortiz,
  • José Manuel Arenas Reina,
  • Juan David Cano-Moreno and
  • Manuel Gómez Gómez

The use of metamaterials is a good alternative when looking for structures that can withstand compression forces without increasing their weight. In this sense, using nature as a reference can be an appropriate option to design this type of material....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,764 Views
24 Pages

A Mechanical Approach for Comparing Jaws in Fishes

  • Federica Trotta,
  • Roberto Sandulli and
  • Simone Cinquemani

This paper aims to propose an quantitative engineering approach to study and compare the jaw mechanisms of different marine species, considering essential mechanical parameters generally used to evaluate the performance of industrial linkage mechanis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,386 Views
13 Pages

To improve the rapidity of path planning for drones in unknown environments, a new bio-inspired path planning method using E-DQN (event-based deep Q-network), referring to introducing event stream to reinforcement learning network, is proposed. First...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,664 Views
19 Pages

Digital health tracking is a source of valuable insights for public health research and consumer health technology. The brain is the most complex organ, containing information about psychophysical and physiological biomarkers that correlate with heal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,000 Views
22 Pages

Assessment of the Suitability of Selected Linear Actuators for the Implementation of the Load-Adaptive Biological Principle of Redundant Motion Generation

  • Marcel Bartz,
  • Michael Jüttner,
  • Fabian Halmos,
  • Elias Uhlich,
  • Max Klein,
  • Patricia Drumm,
  • Erkan Dreßler,
  • Sina Martin,
  • Jonas Walter and
  • Jörg Franke
  • + 1 author

The load-adaptive behavior of the muscles in the human musculoskeletal system offers great potential for minimizing resource and energy requirements in many technical systems, especially in drive technology and robotics. However, the lack of knowledg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,384 Views
15 Pages

Pollination is a crucial ecological process with far-reaching impacts on natural and agricultural systems. Approximately 85% of flowering plants depend on animal pollinators for successful reproduction. Over 75% of global food crops rely on pollinato...

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Biomimetics - ISSN 2313-7673