Multifunctional integration: from biological to bio-inspired materials.

Liu, Kesong; Jiang, Lei · ACS Nano · 2011

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Abstract

Nature is a school for human beings. Learning from nature has long been a source of bioinspiration for scientists and engineers. Multiscale structures are characteristic for biological materials, exhibiting inherent multifunctional integration. Optimized biological solutions provide inspiration for scientists and engineers to design and to fabricate multiscale structured materials for multifunctional integration.

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