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Editorial Board Members’ Reviews Collection Series: Biomimetic Surfaces and Interfaces
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Editorial Board Members’ Reviews Collection Series: Biomimetic Surfaces and Interfaces

A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomimetic Surfaces and Interfaces".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024) | Viewed by 3104

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Yongmei Zheng

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Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Interests: biomimetic interface materials and infiltrative regulation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a new Collection entitled “Editorial Board Members’ Reviews Collection Series: Biomimetic Surfaces and Interfaces”, which will collect review papers invited by the Editorial Board Members.

The aim of this Collection is to provide a venue for networking and communication between the Biomimetics journal and scholars in the field of biomimetic surfaces and interfaces. All papers will be published in open access following peer review.

Prof. Dr. Yongmei Zheng
Guest Editor

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Wax Protrusions on Anti-Adhesive Plant Surfaces and Their Interactions with Insect Adhesive Pads: A Mechanical Interpretation
by Feodor M. Borodich, Zaida Gao, Elena V. Gorb, Stanislav N. Gorb and Xiaoqing Jin
Biomimetics 2024, 9(7), 442; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9070442 - 19 Jul 2024
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Insect attachment devices enhance adhesion to complex-geometry substrates by increasing the real contact area. In nature, insects mainly interact with plant surfaces that are often covered by 3D wax structures. Here, we describe, discuss, and give a mechanical interpretation of plant waxes and [...] Read more.
Insect attachment devices enhance adhesion to complex-geometry substrates by increasing the real contact area. In nature, insects mainly interact with plant surfaces that are often covered by 3D wax structures. Here, we describe, discuss, and give a mechanical interpretation of plant waxes and the possible fracture mechanisms of these wax structures during their interactions with the adhesive pads of insects. It is argued that these plant surface microstructures significantly influence insect adhesion through reducing the contact area and contaminating the insect pads. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Editorial Board Members’ Reviews Collection Series: Biomimetic Surfaces and Interfaces)
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Crystal-Inspired Cellular Metamaterials and Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces
by Maxim Arsentev, Eduard Topalov, Sergey Balabanov, Evgenii Sysoev, Igor Shulga, Marsel Akhmatnabiev, Maxim Sychov, Ekaterina Skorb and Michael Nosonovsky
Biomimetics 2024, 9(5), 285; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9050285 - 10 May 2024
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Triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMSs) are found in many natural objects including butterfly wings, sea urchins, and biological membranes. They simultaneously have zero mean curvature at every point and a crystallographic group symmetry. A metamaterial can be created from such periodic surfaces or [...] Read more.
Triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMSs) are found in many natural objects including butterfly wings, sea urchins, and biological membranes. They simultaneously have zero mean curvature at every point and a crystallographic group symmetry. A metamaterial can be created from such periodic surfaces or used as a reinforcement of a composite material. While a TPMS as a mathematical object has been known since 1865, only novel additive manufacturing (AM) technology made it possible to fabricate cellular materials with complex TPMS shapes. Cellular TPMS-based metamaterials have remarkable properties related to wetting/liquid penetration, shock absorption, and the absence of stress concentrators. Recent studies showed that TPMSs are also found in natural crystals when electron surfaces are considered. Artificial crystal-inspired metamaterials mimic such crystals including zeolites and schwarzites. These metamaterials are used for shock, acoustic waves, and vibration absorption, and as structural materials, heat exchangers, and for other applications. The choice of the crystalline cell of a material, as well as its microstructure, plays a decisive role in its properties. The new area of crystal-inspired materials has many common features with traditional biomimetics with models being borrowed from nature and adjusted for engineering applications. Full article
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