Biomimetics

•Bionics

•Biogenesis

•Biomimicry
 WHAT IS BIOMIMETICS?

--BIOS=LIFE & MIMESIS=IMITATE

--BIOMIMETICS DEALS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF

INNOVATIONS ON THE BASIS OF INVESTIGATION OF
CHEMICAL/BIOLOGOCAL
STRUCTURES, FUNTIONS, METHODS,PROCESSES AND
SYSTEMS.

-- NATURE ACTS AS ‘THE MODEL’ IN OUR EFFORTS

TOWARDS ADDRESSING HUMAN NEEDS.
Term coined by Otto H.
Schmitt in 1969.

"taking design ideas

from nature"
MIMICKING CAN BE DONE BY USING
EITHER

Natural substitutes

or

Synthetic substitutes
 Why synthetic materials?

Natural materials Synthetic materials

 Less availability  More availability

 Difficulty in isolation  Relatively easier
 Reduced amenability synthesis
 Risk of pathogen  Tailorability
transmission  Reduced risk of
 Immunogenic reaction pathogen transmission
when used as an  Biocompatibility,biode
implant. gradability .
 Structural
 Functional
 Structural-functional
 Biological process mimicking.
What can lotus teach us?

Unstickyness and hydrophobicity

unsticky or water resistant technology.

Nature inspired solutions are
every where….

 Energy usage buildings inspired by

termite moulds.
Bionic car inspired by the box
fish.
Bullet train motion inspired by
kingfisher.
Coloured butterfly wings inspired the reflective
windows.

Slide 20
Biomimic approach : In tissue
engineering

Human tissue=
Cells+ECM+signalling molecules

ECM=collagen+proteoglycan.

ECM play important role.

So artificial ECM can be made
for regenerating cells or tissues

Naturally by choosing collagen and

glucosaminoglycon from natural source.

Or
Synthetic mimics with similar structure or
function (ex:chitosan and gelatin hydrogel) are
used.
Other recent projects…

 combat.

Artificial human organs.

 human robots and

many more.
THANK YOU.