Download Bioinspired and Biomimetic Materials: Versatile Applications 2026
Discover how nature’s evolutionary innovations are inspiring the next generation of advanced materials for medicine, aerospace, robotics, energy, and other high-tech industries. For millions of years, natural systems have continuously evolved to achieve remarkable combinations of strength, adaptability, efficiency, and sustainability.
Scientists and engineers are now translating these biological principles into innovative material solutions. This book provides an in-depth introduction to bioinspired and biomimetic materials, examining how ideas derived from living organisms can be transformed into practical technologies. It covers the evolution of biomimicry as a scientific discipline and examines its growing influence on modern materials science, engineering, and technology.
The book explores a wide range of emerging material concepts and manufacturing approaches, including self-assembly, hierarchical architectures, biofabrication, nanotechnology, smart surfaces, adaptive structures, and self-healing systems. Examples inspired by natural materials such as nacre, spider silk, and lotus leaves demonstrate how biological structures can guide the development of materials with improved mechanical, optical, functional, and responsive properties. The discussion also extends to applications in drug delivery, tissue engineering, medical implants, energy harvesting and storage, aerospace technologies, soft robotics, communication systems, architecture, and structural engineering. By connecting biology with materials science and engineering, the book illustrates how nature-inspired strategies can contribute to the development of high-performance and sustainable technologies.
Audience
This book is intended for researchers, scientists, academics, and industry professionals involved in material chemistry, applied chemistry, nanotechnology, polymer science, chemical technology, materials engineering, and related scientific and industrial fields.
- Author (s): Divya Bajpai Tripathy, Anjali Gupta, Arvind Kumar Jain
- Year of publication: 2026
- Publisher: Wiley-Scrivener
- Language: English
- ISBN: 1394303610, 9781394303618, 9781394303625
- Number of pages: 550 pages
- Book format: PDF
- File size: 4 MB
