Mechanical Properties and Functions of Bionic Materials/Structures
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomimetics of Materials and Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1673
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cellular/porous materials; biological materials and hierarchical materials; nano-materials; composite materials; fibrous materials; functional materials
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Interests: biomechanics; mechanical behavior of biomaterials; numerical simulations of musculoskeletal system; bone mechanics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
After millions of years of evolution, natural living structures always tend to use less available resource/component materials to maximise or optimise mechanical properties or physical/biological functions. By learning from nature, bio-inspired solutions can enable us to design and develop materials and structures which use as few component materials as possible to maximise mechanical properties and physical or biomedical functions or to optimise the combination of these different properties and functions. This Special Issue thus focuses on the development of biomimetic materials or structures, their mechanical properties, their physical and biological/biomedical functions, and the exploration of their applications in different areas.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Cellular/porous materials/structures;
Metamaterials;
Smart composite materials/structures;
Functional materials/structures;
Nano materials/structures;
Biomaterials.
Dr. Hanxing Zhu
Dr. Yongtao Lyu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cellular/porous structures
- metamaterials
- functional materials/structures
- biomaterials
- mechanical properties
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