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Showing 1 to 20 of 482 for “"biomimetic"”.
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Biomimetic deployable structures
… virtue of temporary and convertible structures. Biomimetics is the applied science that, through the imitation of nature, finds the solution to human problems. By observing motions that occur in nature, for example, the blooming of a flower or the unfolding of wings, inspiration can be drawn for …
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Biomimetic hydrogels under stress
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Biomimetic Materials for Biomedical Applications
… achieve functional, aesthetic and social value. Biomimetics is addressed to the design and development of new synthetic materials using strategies adopted by living organisms to produce biological materials. In particular, biomineralized tissues are often sophisticate composite materials, in …
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Biomimetic approach to anti-fouling surfaces
… study and exploitation of such systems. Biomimetics in surface engineering is receiving more attention as nature provides surfaces with a whole range of functionality. In the present work, microand nano-structured polymers surfaces with the self-cleaning Lotus and antireflective Moth-eye …
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Fracture analysis in biomimetic Bouligand architectures
… performance of Bouligand structures and its biomimetic materials. One of the outstanding species with the Bouligand structures is the smashing Mantis Shrimp, <em>Odontodactylus Scyllarus, </em>(or stomatopod) due to its capability of generating high speed, high acceleration blows using its …
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Biomimetic sensor for in-vivo applications
… research. A molecular sensor is a biomolecule or biomimetic molecule that performs two distinct functions in detecting target molecules. The sensor molecule recognizes a target molecule and specifically binds to it. This specific binding generates a signal in response to the event of target …
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Biomimetic models for redox enzyme systems
… to mimic biological and enzymatic processes. Biomimetic modelling involves the synthesis of compounds containing similar functional groups to that of the specific enzyme’s protein and cofactor. Subsequent analysis using chemical, physical or computational techniques can be used to gain a …
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Computational Design of Microvascular Biomimetic Materials
In this work, we propose to design these materials using Genetic Algorithms (GAs), the most common methodology within a broader category of Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs). GAs can be combined with a Pareto-selection mechanism to create Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms (MOGAs), which enable the …
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Computational design of microvascular biomimetic materials
Biomimetic microvascular materials are increasingly considered for a variety of autonomic healing, cooling and sensing applications. The microvascular material of interest in this work consists of a network of hollow microchannels, with diameters as small as 10 μm, embedded in a polymeric matrix. …
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Biomimetic approach to cardiac tissue engineering
(cont.) biochemical and morphological properties in the pretreated group. Finally, in order to mimic capillary structure cardiac fibroblasts and myocytes were co-cultured on a scaffold with a parallel channel array that was perfused with culture medium supplemented with synthetic oxygen carrier …
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4D printing : towards biomimetic additive manufacturing
Inherent across all scales in Nature's material systems are multiple design dimensions, the existences of which are products of both evolution and environment. In human manufacturing where design must be preconceived and deliberate, static artifacts with no variation of function across directions, …
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DESIGNING BIOMIMETIC NANOPARTICLES TO TACKLE INTRACELLULAR PATHOGENS
… To address these limitations, we developed a biomimetic nanocarrier platform termed Nanoghosts (NGs), derived from the plasma membranes of human monocytes (THP-1 cells and primary CD14+ monocytes). These NGs were designed to retain key membrane features while excluding nuclear and cytoplasmic …
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Biomimetic nanostructured surfaces for antireflection in photovoltaics
A key consideration in the design of any solar cell is the reduction of reflectance from the top surface. Traditional thin film antireflection schemes are being challenged by new techniques that involve texturing on the subwavelength scale to form ‘moth-eye’ arrays, so called because they are …
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Design and Characterization of Biomimetic Adhesive Materials
… production, and characterization of several biomimetic materials inspired by natural adhesive proteins.
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Biomimetic Surface Coatings from Modular Amphiphilic Proteins
Engineering of biofunctional scaffolds to precisely regulate cell behavior and tissue growth is of significance in regenerative medicine. Protein-based biomaterials are attractive candidates for functionalization of scaffold surfaces since the ability to precisely control protein sequence and …
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Synthesis and supramolecular assembly of biomimetic polymers
A grand challenge in materials chemistry is the synthesis of macromolecules and polymers with precise shapes and architectures. Polymer microstructure and architecture strongly affect the resulting functionality of advanced materials, yet understanding the static and dynamic properties of these …
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Biomimetic Biomechanical Sensors for Intelligent Wearable Interfaces
… presents the contributions to the field of biomimetic biomechanical sensing by developing nature-inspired wearable sensor technologies that emulate and extend the complex structure and functions of biological tissues such as human skin and fingers. Human skin operates as a dynamic …
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