Designing Biomimetic Materials from Marine Organisms
- Title
- Designing Biomimetic Materials from Marine Organisms
- Author
- Nichols, William Thomas
- Keywords
- Biomimetics; Water Pollution; Marine Sponge; Diatoms; Plasmonics
- Issue Date
- 2015-01
- Publisher
- AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, v. 15, NO 1, Page. 189-191
- Abstract
- Two biomimetic design approaches that apply biological solutions to engineering problems are discussed. In the first case, motivation comes from an engineering problem and the key challenge is to find analogous biological functions and map them into engineering materials. We illustrate with an example of water pollution remediation through appropriate design of a biomimetic sponge. In the second case, a biological function is already known and the challenge is to identify the appropriate engineering problem. We demonstrate the biological approach with marine diatoms that control energy and materials at their surface providing inspiration for a number of engineering applications. In both cases, it is essential to select materials and structures at the nanoscale to control energy and materials flows at interfaces.
- URI
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/21352http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jnn/2015/00000015/00000001/art00027
- ISSN
- 1533-4880
- DOI
- 10.1166/jnn.2015.8365
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING(신소재공학부) > Articles
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