ArticleBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Biomimetic Additive Manufacturing: Engineering Complexity Inspired by Nature's Simplicity.
Article in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
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- A Formal Optimization-Oriented Design Framework for Predictive Extrusion-Based 3D Bioprinting.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Engineering Resilience: How Irradiation Strategies Influence 3D-Bioprinted Adipose Stem Cells.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Nature's principles offer design references for additive manufacturing (AM), enabling structures that achieve remarkable efficiency through hierarchical organization rather than material excess. This perspective article proposes a framework for integrating biomimetic principles into AM beyond morphological mimicry, focusing on functional adaptation and sustainability. By emulating biological systems like nacre, spider silk, and bone, AM utilizes traditional geometric replication to embed multifunctionality, responsiveness, and resource efficiency. Recent advances in the fields of 4D printing, soft robotics, and self-morphing systems demonstrate how time-dependent behaviors and environmental adaptability can be engineered through bioinspired material architectures. However, challenges in scalable fabrication, dynamic material programming, and true functional emulation (beyond morphological mimicry) necessitate interdisciplinary collaboration. In this context, the synthesis of biological intelligence with AM technologies offers sustainable, high-performance solutions for aerospace, biomedical, and smart infrastructure applications, once challenges related to material innovation and standardization are overcome.
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