Advances in Bio-Inspired Functional Surfaces
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomimetic Surfaces and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 March 2026 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editor
Interests: temperature effects; control of friction; friction reduction practice; running-in; surface texturing; elastomers; gears/cams; organisms/living bodies; bio-tribology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biological species exist within diverse surrounding environments. The diversity in environmental conditions imposes performance constraints and presents challenges that must be overcome in order for species to survive. Performance constraints, however, are rooted in the physical and mechanistic limitations that pertain to thermodynamic principles and their derivatives. That is, biological species are subject to the same physical constraints that determine the performance of materials in the engineering world. An advantage of biological entities, however, is the manipulation of geometrical patterns and material arrangements to overcome physical constraints. Such an intriguing principle has led to many innovative applications within the engineering world, all of which stem from constraint-accommodating procedures within biological entities.
The field of surface engineering has undergone significant bio-inspired advances related to the streamlined response of biological entities to performance constraints. As a result, within the past decade, there have been advancements in the design of bio-inspired functional surfaces. In particular, new bio-inspired functional surfaces reflect the complexity of functions and mimic the harmonious interaction and performance of inter-components in biological species.
Considering the wide range of bio-inspired surface designs, this Special Issue will focus on the fields of tribological performance and contact mechanics. It also aims to document recent advances in bio-inspired functional surfaces and to highlight critical issues that will guide future advances within these inter-related fields.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Manufacturing of bio-inspired functional surfaces;
- Wear resistance of bio-inspired surfaces;
- Comparison of performance between traditional and functional surfaces;
- Hybrid surface design;
- Biological-mechanisms in bio-functional surfaces;
- Correlation of surface topography and subsurface material properties in biological species and how such relation affect, or has the potential, to custom tailor engineering surfaces;
- Application of functional surfaces in additive manufacturing and functionally graded materials.
Prof. Dr. Hisham A. Abdel-Aal
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- manufacturing of bio-inspired functional surfaces
- wear resistance of bio-inspired surfaces
- comparison of performance between traditional and functional surfaces
- hybrid surface design
- biological-mechanisms in bio-functional surfaces
- correlation of surface topography and subsurface material properties in biological species and how such relation affect, or has the potential, to custom tailor engineering surfaces
- application of functional surfaces in additive manufacturing and functionally graded materials
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