Bioinspired Materials Engineering

Cordt Zollfrank

Cordt Zollfrank

Biogenic Polymers, Engineering Sciences for Food Products and Biogenic Raw Materials (Life Science Engineering), Technische Universität München, Straubing, Germany

Straubing Center of Science for Renewable Resources, Straubing, Germany

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Thomas Scheibel

Thomas Scheibel

Lehrstuhl Biomaterialien, Fakultät für Angewandte Naturwissenschaften, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

Bayreuther Zentrum für Kolloide und Grenzflächen (BZKG), Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

Bayreuther Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (BZMB), Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

Bayreuther Materialzentrum (BayMAT), Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

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Heike Seitz

Heike Seitz

VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, Düsseldorf, Germany

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Nahum Travitzky

Nahum Travitzky

Advanced Ceramic Processing and Rapid Prototyping, Materials Science III–Glass and Ceramics, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

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First published: 31 July 2014
Citations: 4

Abstract

The article contains sections titled:

1. Introduction
2. Definitions
2.1. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics
2.2. Strategies for Bioinspired Materials Engineering
3. Biomimetic and Bioinspired Materials
3.1. Biotemplating
3.2. Soft Chemical Routes
3.3. Solid-State Transformations
3.4. Bioengineering
4. Examples of Bioinspired Materials Engineering
4.1. Bioengineering of Bioinspired Materials: Spider Silk
4.2. Bioinspired Materials from Biogenic Structures
4.2.1. Hierarchical Nanometer-Structured Ceramics
4.2.2. Microorganism-Mediated Materials Fabrication
4.3. Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Materials
5. Future Development Trends

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