Engineered Biomimicry

Engineered Biomimicry covers a broad range of research topics in the emerging discipline of biomimicry. Biologically inspired science and technology, using the principles of math and physics, has led to the development of products as ubiquitous as VelcroTM (modeled after the spiny hooks on plant seeds and fruits). Readers will learn to take ideas and concepts like this from nature, implement them in research, and understand and explain diverse phenomena and their related functions. From bioinspired computing and medical products to biomimetic applications like artificial muscles, MEMS, textiles and vision sensors, Engineered Biomimicry explores a wide range of technologies informed by living natural systems.Engineered Biomimicry helps physicists, engineers and material scientists seek solutions in nature to the most pressing technical problems of our times, while providing a solid understanding of the important role of biophysics. Some physical applications include adhesion superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning, structural coloration, photonic devices, biomaterials and composite materials, sensor systems, robotics and locomotion, and ultra-lightweight structures.Explores biomimicry, a fast-growing, cross-disciplinary field in which researchers study biological activities in nature to make critical advancements in science and engineeringIntroduces bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication, and provides biological background and practical applications for eachCutting-edge topics include bio-inspired robotics, microflyers, surface modification and more Content: Engineered Biomimicry , Page i Engineered Biomimicry , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v Contributors , Pages xi-xii Foreword , Pages xiii-xiv Preface , Pages xv-xviii The World’s Top Olympians , Pages xix-xxv , H.D. Wolpert Chapter 1 - Biomimetic Vision Sensors , Pages 1-36 , Cameron H.G. Wright, Steven F. Barrett Chapter 2 - Noise Exploitation and Adaptation in Neuromorphic Sensors , Pages 37-58 , Thamira Hindo, Shantanu Chakrabartty Chapter 3 - Biomimetic Hard Materials , Pages 59-79 , Mohammad Mirkhalaf, Deju Zhu, Francois Barthelat Chapter 4 - Biomimetic Robotics , Pages 81-105 , Ranjan Vepa Chapter 5 - Bioinspired and Biomimetic Microflyers , Pages 107-138 , Jayant Sirohi Chapter 6 - Muscular Biopolymers , Pages 139-160 , Mohsen Shahinpoor Chapter 7 - Bioscaffolds: Fabrication and Performance , Pages 161-188 , Princeton Carter, Narayan Bhattarai Chapter 8 - Surface Modification for Biocompatibility , Pages 189-220 , Erwin A. Vogler Chapter 9 - Flight Control Using Biomimetic Optical Sensors , Pages 221-245 , Javaan Chahl, Akiko Mizutani Chapter 10 - Biomimetic Textiles , Pages 247-265 , Michael S. Ellison Chapter 11 - Structural Colors , Pages 267-303 , Natalia Dushkina, Akhlesh Lakhtakia Chapter 12 - Biomimetic Antireflection Surfaces , Pages 305-331 , Blayne M. Phillips, Peng Jiang Chapter 13 - Biomimetic Self-Organization and Self-Healing , Pages 333-358 , Torben Lenau, Thomas Hesselberg Chapter 14 - Solution-Based Techniques for Biomimetics and Bioreplication , Pages 359-382 , Aditi S. Risbud, Michael H. Bartl Chapter 15 - Vapor-Deposition Techniques , Pages 383-398 , Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Akhlesh Lakhtakia Chapter 16 - Atomic Layer Deposition for Biomimicry , Pages 399-428 , Lianbing Zhang, Mato Knez Chapter 17 - Evolutionary Computation and Genetic Programming , Pages 429-447 , Wolfgang Banzhaf Index , Pages 449-465

Engineered Biomimicry covers a broad range of research topics in the emerging discipline of biomimicry. Biologically inspired science and technology, using the principles of math and physics, has led to the development of products as ubiquitous as VelcroTM (modeled after the spiny hooks on plant seeds and fruits). Readers will learn to take ideas and concepts like this from nature, implement them in research, and understand and explain diverse phenomena and their related functions. From bioinspired computing and medical products to biomimetic applications like artificial muscles, MEMS, textiles and vision sensors, Engineered Biomimicry explores a wide range of technologies informed by living natural systems.

Engineered Biomimicry helps physicists, engineers and material scientists seek solutions in nature to the most pressing technical problems of our times, while providing a solid understanding of the important role of biophysics. Some physical applications include adhesion superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning, structural coloration, photonic devices, biomaterials and composite materials, sensor systems, robotics and locomotion, and ultra-lightweight structures.

• Explores biomimicry, a fast-growing, cross-disciplinary field in which researchers study biological activities in nature to make critical advancements in science and engineering
• Introduces bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication, and provides biological background and practical applications for each
• Cutting-edge topics include bio-inspired robotics, microflyers, surface modification and more

Engineered Biomimicry covers a broad range of research topics in the emerging discipline of biomimicry. Biologically inspired science and technology, using the principles of math and physics, has led to the development of products as ubiquitous as VelcroTM (modeled after the spiny hooks on plant seeds and fruits). Readers will learn to take ideas and concepts like this from nature, implement them in research, and understand and explain diverse phenomena and their related functions. From bioinspired computing and medical products to biomimetic applications like artificial muscles, MEMS, textiles and vision sensors, Engineered Biomimicry explores a wide range of technologies informed by living natural systems. Engineered Biomimicry helps physicists, engineers and material scientists seek solutions in nature to the most pressing technical problems of our times, while providing a solid understanding of the important role of biophysics. Some physical applications include adhesion superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning, structural coloration, photonic devices, biomaterials and composite materials, sensor systems, robotics and locomotion, and ultra-lightweight structures. Explores biomimicry, a fast-growing, cross-disciplinary field in which researchers study biological activities in nature to make critical advancements in science and engineering Introduces bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication, and provides biological background and practical applications for each Cutting-edge topics include bio-inspired robotics, microflyers, surface modification and more