Biomimicry as a route to new materials: What kinds of lessons are useful?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1893, 2009, Pages 1571-1585

  Reed, Emily J ^a   Klumb, Lisa ^c,d   Koobatian, Maxwell ^b   Viney, Christopher ^a  

^a Embedded Systems and Automation Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Filamentous phage; Hippopotamus; Keywords: biomimicry; Liquid crystal; Silk

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SILK;

BIOMIMICRY; ENGINEERED MATERIALS; FILAMENTOUS PHAGE; HIPPOPOTAMUS; KEYWORDS: BIOMIMICRY; NEW MATERIAL;

BIOMIMETICS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOMIMETICS; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; INOVIRIDAE; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SILK; SWEAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOPHYSICS; INOVIRUS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY; SILK; SWEAT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65549154429     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0010     Document Type: Article

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