Coppens, M-O;
Perera, A;
(2018)
Re-designing materials for biomedical applications: from biomimicry to nature-inspired chemical engineering.
[Review].
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
, 377
(2138)
10.1098/rsta.2018.0268.
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Abstract
Gathering inspiration from nature for the design of new materials, products and processes is a topic gaining rapid interest among scientists and engineers. In this review, we introduce the concept of natureinspired chemical engineering (NICE). We critically examine how this approach offers advantages over straightforward biomimicry and distinguishes itself from bio-integrated design, as a systematic methodology to present innovative solutions to challenging problems. The scope of application of the nature-inspired approach is demonstrated via examples from the field of biomedicine, where much of the inspiration is still more narrowly focused on imitation or bio-integration. We conclude with an outlook on prospective future applications, offered by the more systematic and mechanistically based NICE approach, complemented by rapid progress in manufacturing, computation and robotics. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Bioinspired materials and surfaces for green science and technology’.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Re-designing materials for biomedical applications: from biomimicry to nature-inspired chemical engineering |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1098/rsta.2018.0268 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0268 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | nature-inspired engineering, biomedicine, biomedical materials, biomimetics, bioinspired |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069528 |
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