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Application of Bioinspired Impact-Resistant Composites in Mechanical Structures

Advances in Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Bioinspired materials are among the most durable materials known to man. Mimicking solutions and structures observed in nature is a modern approach to modeling materials in line with sustainable development.
Sherwan Mohammed Najm, Marwan T. Mezher, Rusul Ahmed Shakir, Hussein Kadhim Sharaf, Jawdat Ali Yagoob, Salwa O. Mohammed   +5 more
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Insect-Inspired Micropump: Flow in a Tube with Local Contractions

Micromachines, 2015
A biologically-inspired micropumping model in a three-dimensional tube subjected to localized wall constrictions is given in this article. The present study extends our previous pumping model where a 3D channel with a square cross-section is considered ...
Yasser Aboelkassem
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Towards a Biodiversity Positive Business Strategy: The MCRV (Monitoring, Conserving, Restoring, Valorizing) Framework

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite mounting regulatory pressure and growing scientific consensus on biodiversity loss, most corporate action remains reactive, fragmented, and strategically peripheral. Existing frameworks address what firms should report rather than how they can build the organizational capabilities required to act strategically.
Jacopo Cricchio, Valentina Cucino, Alberto Di Minin, Gianmaria Ontano, Andrea Piccaluga   +4 more
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The Inertness of the Lysozyme Template: Assessing the Structural Impact of Silicification Byproducts and Precursors

Chemistry–Methods, Volume 6, Issue 8, August 2026.
Lysozyme templates bioinspired silicification via localized electrostatic pooling, at variance with disordered peptides, require counterion‐driven coacervation. Small‐angle X‐ray scattering and NMR spectroscopy reveal that the folded lysozyme template remains structurally inert and monomeric in the presence of silicic acid mimics and alcohol byproducts.
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 iterative synthesis of polyketides [PDF]

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2015
Diverse array of biopolymers and second metabolites (particularly polyketide natural products) has been manufactured in nature through an enzymatic iterative assembly of simple building blocks. Inspired by this strategy, molecules with inherent modularity can be efficiently synthesized by repeated succession of similar reaction sequences.
Zheng, Kuan, Xie, Changmin, Hong, Ran
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Carbonated Fluorapatite‐Gelatin‐Composites: Morphogenesis and Structure of Kniep's Dumbbells

Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, Volume 652, Issue 11, 16 July 2026.
Inspired by the pioneering work of Prof. Rüdiger Kniep on fluorapatite‐gelatin nanocomposites also known as “Kniep's Dumbbells,” this study investigates carbonated fluorapatite‐gelatin aggregates synthesized by the double diffusion technique within a gelatin gel.
Elena V. Sturm, Wilder Carrillo‐Cabrera, Olga V. Frank‐Kamenetskaya, Dirk Zahn, Wolfgang W. Schmahl, Erika Griesshaber, Paul Simon   +6 more
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Design and Control of Dual‐Body Negative Pressure Ground‐Wall Transition Robot

Advanced Intelligent Systems
This article presents a novel dual‐body negative‐pressure ground‐wall transition robot (DNPTR) aimed at expanding the application scenarios of climbing robots to meet the functional requirements of obstacle traversal and wall transition in high‐altitude ...
Huan Shen, Kai Cao, Jiajun Xu, Wenjun Yan, Xuefei Liu, Huan Wang, Youfu Li, Linsen Xu, Aihong Ji   +8 more
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A Vesicular Stomatitis Virus‐Inspired DNA Nanocomplex for Ovarian Cancer Therapy

Advanced Science, 2018
Gene therapy provides a novel method for cancer therapy. This study shows a DNA nanocomplex that is inspired from vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) for ovarian cancer therapy. This DNA nanocomplex consists of a cationized monomethoxy poly (ethylene glycol)
Wei Zhao, Yuping Yang, Lingling Song, Tianyi Kang, Ting Du, Yujiao Wu, Meimei Xiong, Li Luo, Jianlin Long, Ke Men, Lan Zhang, Xiaoxin Chen, Meijuan Huang, Maling Gou   +13 more
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AI–Guided 4D Printing of Carnivorous Plants–Inspired Microneedles for Accelerated Wound Healing

Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 39, 13 July 2026.
This work presents an artificial intelligence (AI)‐guided 4D‐printed microneedle platform inspired by carnivorous plants for wound healing. A thermo‐responsive shape memory polymer enables body temperature–triggered self‐coiling for autonomous wound closure.
Hyun Lee, Moon‐Jo Kim, DongEung Kim, Chan Ho Moon, Seojoon Bang, Hyeong Seok Kang, Ju Yeong Gwon, Jong Hwa Seo, Junhyub Jeon, Junhyuk Son, Munwon Lim, Minho Kang, Dong Yun Lee, Donghyun Lim, Jung‐Hoon Park, Gi Doo Cha, Soo‐Hong Lee, Tae‐Sik Jang, Kisuk Yang, Yunho Jeong, Youngho Eom, Hyun‐Do Jung   +21 more
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3D-Printed Facet Optics: Novel Adjustable Technical Optics Inspired by Compound Eyes

Frontiers in Materials, 2020
Bio-inspired by compound eyes in insects, the authors identify advantages of such an optical system and propose a novel optics that combines basic principles from compound eyes with an additional technical zooming feature.
Manfred Drack, Alexander Berger, Bernhard Ettinger, Ille C. Gebeshuber   +3 more
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