Biomimetics is a field of science that studies biological processes for effectively using them in the development of innovative engineering materials and systems. It is a new field of emergence in materials science and engineering in which lessons learned from biology form the basis for evolution of novel technological materials. Biomimetics is finding application in diverse areas ranging from ...

Biomimetics holds the promise to contribute sustainability in several ways. However, it remains unclear how two broad concepts and research fields are connected. This article presents a literature overview on biomimetic sustainable developments research. It is shown that there an increasing trend publications dealing with various topics takes place worldwide. The biological models studied mostl...

We introduce our active experts' communications and reviews (Part II) of 2015 Korea-China Joint Symposium on Biomimetic Medical Materials in Republic of Korea, which reflect their perspectives on current research trends of biomimetic medical materials for tissue regeneration in both Korea and China. The communications covered three topics of biomimetics, i.e., 1) hydrogel for therapeutics and e...

The interdisciplinary character of Bio-Inspired Design (BID) has resulted in a plethora of approaches and methods that propose different types of design processes. Although sustainable, creative and complex system design processes are not mutually incompatible they do focus on different aspects of design. This research defines areas of focus for the development of computational tools to support...

The first botanical gardens in Europe were established for the study of medicinal, poisonous, and herbal plants by students medicine or pharmacy at universities. As natural sciences became increasingly important 19th Century, additionally took on role public educational institutions. Since then, learning from living nature with aim developing technical applications, namely biomimetics, has play...