Marine Biomimetics

Dear Colleagues,

Recent advances in structural biology, biochemistry, biomineralization, genomics, proteomics, and material sciences have resulted in the rapid development of biomimetics as a powerful scientific direction, oriented at solving technological challenges and the development of new nature-inspired technologies. Due to diversity of marine invertebrates and vertebrates, remarkable functional properties of their nano-organized, biomineralized structures seem to be an inexhaustible source of inspiration for modern materials science and biomaterial design. Especially, where there is strong interest in the combination of various inorganic nano-organized structures with biomacromolecules, including self-assembly and templating activity of diverse organic scaffolds. On the other hand, non-mineralized structures like byssus and related DOPA-based polymers are excellent examples for the development of bioinspired-adhesives.

This Special Issue of Marine Drugs will highlight the importance of diverse marine organisms as a renewable source of biopolymers and biocomposite-containing structures which can be used for inspiration in widely-understood modern biomimetics. Bio-inspiration is, not only oriented to the observation of natural structures alone, but also requires a thorough investigation of structure–function relationships in biological materials. Therefore, this Special Issue will collect novel research papers and original reviews focusing on creation of advanced bioinspired technologies inspired by marine organisms.

I am looking forward for your input.

Dr. Marcin Wysokowski
Guest Editor

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