Principles of Biomimetic Mineralization and Creation of Composite Materials
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomimetics of Materials and Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 762
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Interests: marine biomaterials
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Dear Colleagues,
Biosilica, together with calcium- and iron- based biominerals, remains one of the most abundant biominerals on Earth. Nanostructural features surrounding the origin and broad diversity of biosilicates of plants, algae (diatoms), and invertebrates (sponges) have been investigated quite intensively over the last few decades, both because of our fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of biosilicification and the prospects for their biomimetic potential in modern bioinspired materials science. As such, this Special Issue on the biomaterialogy of biosilica will illustrate how the bioarchitecture and functions of highly sophisticated siliceous constructs occurring in nature have inspired new forms of artificial biomineralization and technology for both structural and functional biomimetics. This Special Issue aims to provide a thorough and comprehensive overview of diverse biosilica sources as nanostructured functional biomaterials from a multifaceted view of modern biomimetics.
Prof. Dr. Hermann Ehrlich
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biosilica
- bioarchitecture
- structural biomimetics
- biocomposites
- diatoms
- sponges
- Hexactinellida
- spicules
- silicoflagellates
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