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Bioinspiration in Fashion—A Review [PDF]

Biomimetics, 2019
This paper provides an overview of the main technologies currently being investigated in the textile industry as alternatives to contemporary fashion fabrics.
Jane Wood
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The Inertness of the Lysozyme Template: Assessing the Structural Impact of Silicification Byproducts and Precursors

Chemistry–Methods
Bioinspired silica deposition with biomolecular templates offers a sustainable route to producing advanced inorganic materials. The templating agent is usually a polycation.
Tozivepi Aaron Munyayi, Francesco Bruno, Letizia Fiorucci, Vincenzo Mangini, Francesco Scattarella, Cinzia Giannini, Jose Malanho Da Silva, Giacomo Parigi, Angelo Gallo, Enrico Ravera   +9 more
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Bioinspired Self-Shaping Clay Composites for Sustainable Development

Biomimetics, 2022
Bioinspired self-shaping is an approach used to transform flat materials into unusual three-dimensional (3D) shapes by tailoring the internal architecture of the flat material.
Yuxiang Zhang, Hortense Le Ferrand
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Novel Motion Sequences in Plant-Inspired Robotics: Combining Inspirations from Snap-Trapping in Two Plant Species into an Artificial Venus Flytrap Demonstrator

Biomimetics, 2022
The field of plant-inspired robotics is based on principles underlying the movements and attachment and adaptability strategies of plants, which together with their materials systems serve as concept generators.
Falk J. Tauber, Philipp Auth, Joscha Teichmann, Frank D. Scherag, Thomas Speck   +4 more
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Earthworm‐Inspired Multi‐Material, Adaptive Strain‐Limiting, Hybrid Actuators for Soft Robots

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023
This research presents a new class of versatile multi‐material hybrid actuators (MASH actuators), powered by pneumatics and electrostatic adhesion (EA)‐based adaptive strain‐limiting layers.
Quan Xiong, Benjamin W. K. Ang, Tao Jin, Jonathan W. Ambrose, Raye C. H. Yeow   +4 more
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A Novel Heteromorphous Convolutional Neural Network for Automated Assessment of Tumors in Colon and Lung Histopathology Images

Biomimetics, 2023
The automated assessment of tumors in medical image analysis encounters challenges due to the resemblance of colon and lung tumors to non-mitotic nuclei and their heteromorphic characteristics.
Saeed Iqbal, Adnan N. Qureshi, Musaed Alhussein, Khursheed Aurangzeb, Seifedine Kadry   +4 more
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Wood‐Inspired Cement with High Strength and Multifunctionality

Advanced Science, 2021
Taking lessons from nature offers an increasing promise toward improved performance in man‐made materials. Here new cement materials with unidirectionally porous architectures are developed by replicating the designs of natural wood using a simplified ...
Faheng Wang, Yuanbo Du, Da Jiao, Jian Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Zengqian Liu, Zhefeng Zhang   +6 more
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Biomimetics and Education in Europe: Challenges, Opportunities, and Variety

Biomimetics, 2021
Biomimetics is an interdisciplinary field of science that deals with the analysis and systematic transfer of biological insights into technical applications.
Olga Speck, Thomas Speck
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Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis

, 2020
Capturing and converting solar energy into fuels and feedstocks is a global challenge that spans numerous disciplines and fields of research. Billions of years of evolution have allowed natural organisms to hone strategies for harvesting light from the ...
Yang, Jenny Y., Vojvodic, A, Chang, CJ, Kelley, SO, Cogdell, Richard, Gabor, Nathaniel M., Gabor, NM, Leclerc, Mario, Yam, Vivian Wing Wah, Scholes, GD, Aspuru-Guzik, A, Jaffer, Shaffiq A., Schlau-Cohen, Gabriela S., Flick, J, Mallouk, Thomas E., Doyle, AG, Chang, Christopher J., Leo, K, Schlau-Cohen, GS, Li, Yuguang C., Doyle, Abigail G., Narang, Prineha, Scholes, Gregory D., Leclerc, M, Jaffer, SA, Proppe, Andrew H., Li, YC, Proppe, AH, Mallouk, TE, Flick, Johannes, Sargent, Edward H., Berlinguette, CP, van Grondelle, Rienk, Yam, VWW, Hammes-Schiffer, Sharon, Hammes-Schiffer, S, Yang, JY, Cogdell, R, Kelley, Shana O., Vojvodic, Aleksandra, Leo, Karl, Berlinguette, Curtis P., Sargent, EH, Narang, P, Aspuru-Guzik, Alán, van Grondelle, R   +45 more
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Biomimetic directional transport for sustainable liquid usage

Biosurface and Biotribology, 2022
Through hundreds of millions of evolution, animals and plants have possessed their unique structures to adapt to natural variations. As a familiar process, liquid transportation plays an important part in both production and life, and researchers focus ...
Jie Ma, Zhichao Dong
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