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Laboratories of nature
Authors: Rhizopoulou, Sophia
Chimona, Chrysanthi
Koukou, Danae-Ioanna
Gkikas, Dimitrios
Reviewer: Dimoudi, A
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The scientific field of Biomimetics is based on inspiration from data that do exist in nature. A primary approach to the biomimetic approach is that organisms living in nature have already responded successfully to environmental conditions. Thus, the survival and growth of living organisms has already been proven, because living species have achieved long-term survival and development via adaptations to their natural environment. Biomimetics study and search successful responses of living organisms to their habitats, with the ultimate goal of artificially imitating them and proposing solutions; hence, selected objects, improved materials and structures will aid human activity, in the perspective of a dynamic balance with the environment of Earth. Plant tissues have been preserved over a period of millions of years of evolution and possess structural properties that can be used as models by modern biomimetics. In other living organisms, properties linked to hierarchical structures have been were revealed, coinciding with ambient conditions of the abiotic and biotic environment. Innovative results were obtained from the study of living tissues and surfaces, as has already happened with rose petals and leaves of the sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), which were perceived by nanotechnology and led by imitation to the construction of new materials. The subject of Biomimetics is encouraged the interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary research is considered as a prerequisite for the interaction of ideas and concepts, the knowledge of structures in living organisms and the design of innovative human applications. In the 21st century, the international basic research and publications linked to many scientific specializations aim the improvement of biomimetic results.
Linguistic Editors: Kiosseoglou, Nerina
Graphic Editors: Stagali, Faidra
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 28-02-2022
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License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/8090
Bibliographic Reference: Rhizopoulou, S., Chimona, C., Koukou, D., & Gkikas, D. (2022). Laboratories of nature [Chapter]. In Rhizopoulou, S., Chimona, C., Koukou, D., & Gkikas, D. 2021. Biomimetics & Biomimesis [Postgraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/8090
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Biomimetics & Biomimesis
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions