Biological and Bioinspired Materials and Structures

Dear Colleagues,

Learning from nature is always worthwhile, especially for learning its strategies of fabrication and manufacturing. Inspired by biology, researchers have proposed a great number of structural materials demonstrating high performance, but their methods of preparation may not be as smart or effective as natural ones. Thus, the aim of this Special Issue is to collect contributions from different laboratories working on biomimetic fabrication and manufacturing. By covering issues ranging from structural materials and metamaterials to photonic crystals, separation membranes, sensors, and smart polymers, this Special Issue offers an updated view of the status quo and perspectives in a rapidly developing area of technology and application research. The present collection of papers, taking advantage of the open-access format, is expected to provide a paradigm of the power of biomimetic approaches for discovering new and important research avenues, as well as innovative solutions in materials and manufacturing.

To further its aims of combining basic research and applications, this Special Issue is divided into two main parts as follows:

Part (a) Materials, covering topics such as bioinspired materials; biomimetic structures; biomimetic manufacturing; mechanical biomimetics; molecular biomimetics; functional biomimetics; smart materials; and hierarchical structure design.

Part (b) Applications, including optical measuring; gas analysis; electric sensors; acoustic devices; microrobots; wearable devices; and medical supplies.

We believe that this initiative will bridge an important gap in biomimetic fabrication and manufacturing, and will stimulate the enthusiastic contributions of leading experts within this field.

Dr. Lin Gan
Prof. Dr. Jin Huang
Prof. Dr. Guang Yang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Biomimetics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• biomimetic structures
• biofabrication
• structural materials
• smart devices