Main description:

This book presents current trends and developments in the rapidly growing field of biomimetics. It takes an application-oriented approach to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of this field: Experts, from academic as well as professional backgrounds, contribute to this book by describing and presenting state-of-the-art experiments and practical developments. A strong emphasis is put on the various possibility to apply biomimetics in tissue engineering, regenerative surgery, neurosurgery for clinical applications.

Contents:

Biomimetic sensors for three-dimensional detection: considering bats as sonar, sharks electrical field sensors, snakes as near infrared detectors.- The tiger salamander showcase.- Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum bacteria as biomimetic detectors.- The Mexican axolotl as model for regenerative medicine.- Infrared application for Microchip inspired by the Melanophila acumainata.- Spider silk as a scaffold for nerve regeneration.- Neural Networks as model to solve Metabolic Pathways.- Geckos: Physical explanation via van der Waals forces.- Biomimetic in Botany.- Fluorescents in insects and applications.- Biomimetic models for intracellular oxygen sensors.- Biomimetic microfluids.