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Bioinspired Materials: From Concepts to Applications

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Simulation and Design".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 January 2026 | Viewed by 368

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Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Physics and Mechanics, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: biomimetic structural materials; polymer materials; additive manufacturing; mechanical behavior; impact dynamics; fracture mechanics
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Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: bioinspired materials; additive manufacturing; mechanical metamaterials; vibration and shock dynamics

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Dear Colleagues,

Bioinspired materials refer to artificially synthesized materials developed by mimicking various characteristics or features of living organisms. Bioinspired materials with specific properties can be elaborately designed by studying the morphology, structure, function, and processes of organisms in nature. The concept of bionics is vast and interesting, from materials to components and to structures, providing endless inspiration for scientific development and engineering progress.

This Special Issue, entitled “Bioinspired Materials: From Concepts to Applications”, will focus on the latest advancements in bioinspired materials, components, and structures. The scope of this Special Issue is extensive, and it welcomes various research methods such as advanced design, manufacturing characterization, performance evaluation, and computational methods. Research on theoretical analysis, experimental testing, and numerical simulations is welcome.

Dr. Xiaofei Cao
Prof. Dr. Xiao Kang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • bioinspired materials
  • bioinspired structures
  • advanced design
  • manufacturing characterization
  • performance evaluation
  • computational methods
  • material behavior
  • mechanical behavior

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Dynamic Compression Mechanical Behavior of Three-Dimensional Chiral Mechanical Metamaterials: Effects of Geometric Parameters and Size
by Shidi Qin, Zhenyang Huang, Weidong Cao, Xiaofei Cao and Yongshui Lin
Materials 2025, 18(11), 2584; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18112584 - 1 Jun 2025
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The coupled compression–torsion effects of three-dimensional chiral mechanical metamaterials have attracted widespread attention from researchers in recent years. However, the deformation rules and mechanisms through which geometric parameters and size affect their quasi-static and low-speed dynamic compression behavior are still unclear. This paper [...] Read more.
The coupled compression–torsion effects of three-dimensional chiral mechanical metamaterials have attracted widespread attention from researchers in recent years. However, the deformation rules and mechanisms through which geometric parameters and size affect their quasi-static and low-speed dynamic compression behavior are still unclear. This paper numerically investigates the quasi-static and low-speed dynamic compression mechanical behavior of three-dimensional chiral mechanical metamaterials, and the effects of geometric parameters and size are discussed. The numerical results are validated by their comparison with the experimental data. The testing results indicate that the geometric parameters as well as number of arrays in different directions have a significant effect on the quasi-static and dynamic compression twist angle per axial strain and the effective modulus. Interestingly, the values of the twist angle per axial strain under static and dynamic compression are almost the same under the same strain, but the effective modulus decreases more sharply under dynamic loading conditions, which may be due to inertia. Our work elucidates the mechanism through which geometric parameters and size affect the quasi-static and dynamic deformation behavior of three-dimensional chiral mechanical metamaterials, which provides design references for their practical engineering applications. Full article
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