Tooth Shape Controls Stiffness and Food Collection Efficiency in Biomimetic Radular Teeth.

Wencke Krings, Tamina Riesel, Thomas M Kaiser, Alexander Daasch, Ellen Schulz-Kornas, Stanislav N Gorb

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Wencke KringsDepartment of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, Leipzig University, Liebigstraße 12, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2158-9806

Tamina RieselDepartment of Electron Microscopy, Institute of Cell and Systems Biology of Animals, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.

Thomas M KaiserSection Mammalogy and Palaeoanthropology, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.

Alexander DaaschSection Mammalogy and Palaeoanthropology, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.

Ellen Schulz-KornasDepartment of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, Leipzig University, Liebigstraße 12, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1657-8256

Stanislav N GorbDepartment of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, 24118 Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9712-7953

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Abstract

Understanding how geometry governs interfacial contact and material removal is central to designing efficient bioinspired surface systems. Gastropod radular teeth form natural arrays of microscale cutting elements optimized for repeated interaction with compliant and semi-rigid substrates, yet experimentally validated shape-performance relationships remain limited. Here, we isolate geometric effects on interfacial mechanics using stereolithography-printed biomimetic tooth arrays inspired by the taenioglossan radula of the hard-substrate grazer

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additive manufacturingfunctional morphologygastropodaoptimal foragingstereolithography

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PMID42041476

DOI10.3390/biomimetics11040246

PMCPMC13113574

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