Biological and biomimetic materials and surfaces

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Editors: Prof. Stanislav N. Gorb, Christians-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
and Prof. Thomas Speck, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
 
This Thematic Series discusses numerous experimental methods for the characterization of the mechanical properties of biological materials and surfaces at the micro- and nanoscale. The Thematic Series combines approaches from biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering and therefore represents an example of modern interdisciplinary science. Due to this latter reason, the contributions from this Thematic Series will be of interest to both engineers and physicists, who use inspirations from biology to design technical materials and systems, as well as to biologists, who apply physical and engineering approaches to understand how biological systems function.

See also the Thematic Series:
Biological and bioinspired adhesion and friction
Biomimetic materials

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Biological and biomimetic materials and surfaces

  • Stanislav Gorb and
  • Thomas Speck

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 403–407, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.42

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Published 08 Feb 2017

Mandibular gnathobases of marine planktonic copepods – feeding tools with complex micro- and nanoscale composite architectures

  • Jan Michels and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 674–685, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.68

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Published 06 Mar 2015

Comparative kinematical analyses of Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) snap traps

  • Simon Poppinga,
  • Tim Kampowski,
  • Amélie Metzger,
  • Olga Speck and
  • Thomas Speck

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 664–674, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.59

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Published 04 May 2016

Frog tongue surface microstructures: functional and evolutionary patterns

  • Thomas Kleinteich and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 893–903, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.81

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Published 22 Jun 2016

The hydraulic mechanism in the hind wing veins of Cybister japonicus Sharp (order: Coleoptera)

  • Jiyu Sun,
  • Wei Wu,
  • Mingze Ling,
  • Bharat Bhushan and
  • Jin Tong

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 904–913, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.82

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Published 23 Jun 2016

Functional diversity of resilin in Arthropoda

  • Jan Michels,
  • Esther Appel and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1241–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.115

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Published 01 Sep 2016

Influence of ambient humidity on the attachment ability of ladybird beetles (Coccinella septempunctata)

  • Lars Heepe,
  • Jonas O. Wolff and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1322–1329, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.123

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Published 22 Sep 2016

Three-gradient regular solution model for simple liquids wetting complex surface topologies

  • Sabine Akerboom,
  • Marleen Kamperman and
  • Frans A. M. Leermakers

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1377–1396, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.129

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Published 04 Oct 2016

Surface roughness rather than surface chemistry essentially affects insect adhesion

  • Matt W. England,
  • Tomoya Sato,
  • Makoto Yagihashi,
  • Atsushi Hozumi,
  • Stanislav N. Gorb and
  • Elena V. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1471–1479, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.139

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Published 18 Oct 2016

Biomechanics of selected arborescent and shrubby monocotyledons

  • Tom Masselter,
  • Tobias Haushahn,
  • Samuel Fink and
  • Thomas Speck

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1602–1619, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.154

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Published 07 Nov 2016

3D printing of mineral–polymer bone substitutes based on sodium alginate and calcium phosphate

  • Aleksey A. Egorov,
  • Alexander Yu. Fedotov,
  • Anton V. Mironov,
  • Vladimir S. Komlev,
  • Vladimir K. Popov and
  • Yury V. Zobkov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1794–1799, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.172

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Published 21 Nov 2016

“Sticky invasion” – the physical properties of Plantago lanceolata L. seed mucilage

  • Agnieszka Kreitschitz,
  • Alexander Kovalev and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1918–1927, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.183

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Published 05 Dec 2016

The cleaner, the greener? Product sustainability assessment of the biomimetic façade paint Lotusan® in comparison to the conventional façade paint Jumbosil®

  • Florian Antony,
  • Rainer Grießhammer,
  • Thomas Speck and
  • Olga Speck

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 2100–2115, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.200

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Published 29 Dec 2016

When the going gets rough – studying the effect of surface roughness on the adhesive abilities of tree frogs

  • Niall Crawford,
  • Thomas Endlein,
  • Jonathan T. Pham,
  • Mathis Riehle and
  • W. Jon P. Barnes

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 2116–2131, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.201

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Published 30 Dec 2016

Structural and tribometric characterization of biomimetically inspired synthetic "insect adhesives"

  • Matthias W. Speidel,
  • Malte Kleemeier,
  • Andreas Hartwig,
  • Klaus Rischka,
  • Angelika Ellermann,
  • Rolf Daniels and
  • Oliver Betz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 45–63, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.6

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Published 06 Jan 2017

Innovations from the “ivory tower”: Wilhelm Barthlott and the paradigm shift in surface science

  • Christoph Neinhuis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 394–402, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.41

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Published 08 Feb 2017
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