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The application of BIM tools to explore the dynamic characteristics of smart materials in a contemporary Shanashil building design element [PDF]

, 2020
Traditional architecture is known for its crafted facade features that respond to environmental, social and cultural requirements. Contemporary architecture produced façade features that attempted to enhance local design identity and local culture ...
Al-Alwan, H, Amin, T, Elkadi, HA
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A Biomorphic Approach to Designing Special-Purpose Vehicles for Arctic Conditions

Biomimetics, 2023
The paper explores the potential of the biomorphic approach to context-based design with a focus on special-purpose mobility in the Arctic. The study seeks to contribute to the analytical and conceptual basis for developing the transport component of the
Nikita Klyusov, Nikolai Garin, Svetlana Usenyuk-Kravchuk, Ekaterina Vasilieva, Kirill Ustinov   +4 more
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Extreme Biomimetics: Designing of the First Nanostructured 3D Spongin–Atacamite Composite and its Application

Advanced Materials, 2021
AbstractThe design of new composite materials using extreme biomimetics is of crucial importance for bioinspired materials science. Further progress in research and application of these new materials is impossible without understanding the mechanisms of formation, as well as structural features at the molecular and nano‐level.
Dmitry Tsurkan, Paul Simon, Christian Schimpf, Mykhaylo Motylenko, David Rafaja, Friedrich Roth, Dmytro S. Inosov, Anna A. Makarova, Izabela Stepniak, Iaroslav Petrenko, Armin Springer, Enrico Langer, Anton A. Kulbakov, Maxim Avdeev, Artur R. Stefankiewicz, Korbinian Heimler, Olga Kononchuk, Sebastian Hippmann, Doreen Kaiser, Christine Viehweger, Anika Rogoll, Alona Voronkina, Valentine Kovalchuk, Vasilii V. Bazhenov, Roberta Galli, Mehdi Rahimi‐Nasrabadi, Serguei L. Molodtsov, Parvaneh Rahimi, Sedigheh Falahi, Yvonne Joseph, Carla Vogt, Denis V. Vyalikh, Martin Bertau, Hermann Ehrlich   +33 more
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Poriferan Chitin as a Versatile Template for Extreme Biomimetics [PDF]

Polymers, 2015
In this mini-review, we shall first cover a short history of the discovery of chitin isolated from sponges; as well as its evolutionarily ancient roots. Next, we will delve into the unique structural, mechanical, and thermal properties of this naturally occurring polymer to illuminate how its physicochemical properties may find uses in diverse areas of
Marcin Wysokowski, Iaroslav Petrenko, Allison Stelling, Dawid Stawski, Teofil Jesionowski, Hermann Ehrlich   +5 more
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Bioinspired building materials—lessons from nature

Frontiers in Materials, 2023
Systems found in nature are a valuable source of inspiration for several applications. Scientists and researchers from different fields (structural engineering, robotics, medicine, and materials science) use the concepts of biomimicking, biomimetics, and
Anna Sandak, Anna Sandak, Anna Sandak, Karen Butina Ogorelec, Karen Butina Ogorelec   +4 more
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Novel treatment strategies for chronic kidney disease: insights from the animal kingdom [PDF]

, 2018
Many of the >2 million animal species that inhabit Earth have developed survival mechanisms that aid in the prevention of obesity, kidney disease, starvation, dehydration and vascular ageing; however, some animals remain susceptible to these ...
Arnold, Walter, Johnson, Richard J., Kuro-o, Makoto, Lanaspa, Miguel, Painer, Johanna, Ruf, Thomas, Shiels, Paul G., Stenvinkel, Peter   +7 more
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Developing an embodied gait on a compliant quadrupedal robot [PDF]

, 2015
Incorporating the body dynamics of compliant robots into their controller architectures can drastically reduce the complexity of locomotion control. An extreme version of this embodied control principle was demonstrated in highly compliant tensegrity ...
Caluwaerts, Ken, Dambre, Joni, Degrave, Jonas, wyffels, Francis   +3 more
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Reversible Self-Actuated Thermo-Responsive Pore Membrane. [PDF]

, 2016
Smart membranes, which can selectively control the transfer of light, air, humidity and temperature, are important to achieve indoor climate regulation. Even though reversible self-actuation of smart membranes is desirable in large-scale, reversible self-
Gutierrez, Maria Paz, Lee, Luke, Park, Younggeun   +2 more
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Energetic Extremes in Aquatic Locomotion by Coral Reef Fishes [PDF]

, 2015
Underwater locomotion is challenging due to the high friction and resistance imposed on a body moving through water and energy lost in the wake during undulatory propulsion.
Fulton, Christopher J., Johansen, Jacob L., Steffensen, John F.   +2 more
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Synthesis of nanostructured chitin–hematite composites under extreme biomimetic conditions

RSC Adv., 2014
Chitin of poriferan origin is a unique and thermostable biological material. It also represents an example of a renewable materials source due to the high regeneration ability of Aplysina sponges under marine ranching conditions. Chitinous scaffolds isolated from the skeleton of the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba were used as a template for the in ...
Wysokowski, Marcin, Motylenko, Mykhailo, Langer, Enrico, Bazhenov, Vasilii V., Szatkowski, Tomasz, Zdarta, Jakub, Pertenko, Iaroslav, Kljajić, Zoran, Leisegang, Tilmann, Molodtsov, Serguei, Meyer, Dirk C., Jesionowski, Teofil, Walter, Juliane, Ehrlich, Hermann, Lota, Grzegorz, Wojciechowski, Jarosław, Stöcker, Hartmut, Galli, Roberta, Stelling, Allison L., Himcinschi, Cameliu, Niederschlag, Elke   +20 more
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