Bioinspired 3D Printing in 2021
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "E：Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 588
Special Issue Editor
Interests: energy harvesting; 3D printing; bioinspired structures; multifunctional composites; wearable sensors
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Dear Colleague,
Nature has developed high‐performance materials and structures through millions of years of evolution and provides valuable sources of inspiration for the design of next‐generation structural materials, given the variety of excellent mechanical, hydrodynamic, optical, electrical or integrated multifunctional properties. Biomimicry, by learning from nature's concepts and design principles, is driving a paradigm shift in modern materials science and technology. However, the complicated multiscale structural architectures in nature far exceed the capability of traditional design and fabrication technologies, which hinders the progress of biomimetic study and its usage in engineering systems. Additive manufacturing (three‐dimensional (3D) printing) has created new opportunities for manipulating and mimicking the intrinsically multiscale, multimaterial, and multifunctional structures in nature. Understanding natural structures and replicating them by 3D printing for various engineering applications will lead us to drive the biomimicry field forward. Meanwhile, the fabrication challenges presented by biomimicry will lead to more novel biomimetic 3D printing processes.
This Special Issue will focus on research advances in the areas of bioinspired 3D printing for future engineering systems. The growth of bioinspired 3D printing technology will open intriguing perspectives for developing bioinspired materials and structures on the basis of novel 3D printing processes together with new computer-aided design and simulation methods.
Dr. Yang Yang
Guest Editor
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