Bioinspired Materials in Micro- and Nanodevices
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "D2: Biomaterial Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2022) | Viewed by 847
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioinspiration; biomimetics; bioinspired materials; microfabrication; nanofabrication; hydrogel characterization
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Dear Colleagues,
Plants and animals have evolved complex, environment-adapted micro- and nanostructures through natural selection. Often, these micro- and nanostructures are nature’s ingenious ways of altering the effective properties of materials, including elastic, optical, wetting and adhesive properties, leading to completely new abilities for the organism. Some of the most studied examples are the ability of Indian lotus leaves to repel water and the ability of geckos to climb walls; both abilities are due to the micro- and nanostructure of the respective surface. Thus, naturally occurring micro- and nanostructures have been a great source of inspiration for materials scientists and for microsystems engineers on how to incorporate novel functions into different devices. Bioinspired concepts have seen applications in flexible electronics, robotics, plasmonic devices, microfluidics, biomedical engineering and water harvesting, among others. For example, synthetic microfibrillar adhesive surfaces, mimicking the micro- and nanostructure of gecko feet, have been used as “sticky” robotic grippers, to pick objects by mere touch.
This Special Issue invites full-length research papers and review articles focused on innovative and methodological advancements in the design and fabrication of functional devices at micro- and nanoscale that take inspiration from the unique architectures and materials from nature.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. Vipul Sharma
Prof. Dr. Veikko Sariola
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Bioinspiration
- Micro- and nanoscale replication
- Bioinspired design
- Biomimetics
- Microfabrication
- Nanofabrication
- Micro- and nanodevices
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