{"id":204,"date":"2021-09-15T17:44:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T21:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/?page_id=204"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:28:08","slug":"biomimetic-functional-structures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/research\/biomimetic-functional-structures\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomimetic Functional Structures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biomimetic functional structures and material fabrication via advanced manufacturing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2021\/09\/bio-inspired-design2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2021\/09\/bio-inspired-design2-300x238.png\" alt=\"Soft robot\" class=\"wp-image-231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2021\/09\/bio-inspired-design2-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2021\/09\/bio-inspired-design2-1024x811.png 1024w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2021\/09\/bio-inspired-design2-768x608.png 768w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2021\/09\/bio-inspired-design2-1536x1217.png 1536w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2021\/09\/bio-inspired-design2-2048x1622.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2025\/09\/SiC-Reinforced-Biocompatible-Polymer-Scaffold-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"3D printed part\" class=\"wp-image-566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2025\/09\/SiC-Reinforced-Biocompatible-Polymer-Scaffold-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2025\/09\/SiC-Reinforced-Biocompatible-Polymer-Scaffold.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2025\/09\/paper-1-300x177.png\" alt=\"Bioinspired structures\" class=\"wp-image-567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2025\/09\/paper-1-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ejoyee\/files\/2025\/09\/paper-1.png 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In biomimetic applications of AM, rather than simply targeting to duplicate the natural materials and structures, the primary challenge should be understanding the design principles and physical\/chemical mechanisms that determine the optimized structural and geometrical organization in biological systems, and its relationship to multi-functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europepmc.org\/article\/med\/40694984\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/europepmc.org\/article\/med\/40694984\">Bio-inspired design and finite element analysis of polymer composite microneedles with hollow architecture.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/2631-6331\/ad335f\/meta\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/2631-6331\/ad335f\/meta\">Design and fabrication of bioinspired pattern driven magnetic actuators<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asmedigitalcollection.asme.org\/micronanomanufacturing\/article\/10\/4\/041004\/1170135\/3D-Printed-Bioinspired-Hierarchical-Surface\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/asmedigitalcollection.asme.org\/micronanomanufacturing\/article\/10\/4\/041004\/1170135\/3D-Printed-Bioinspired-Hierarchical-Surface\">3D Printed Bioinspired Hierarchical Surface Structure With Tunable Wettability&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liebertpub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1089\/soro.2020.0004\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.liebertpub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1089\/soro.2020.0004\">3D Printed Biomimetic Soft Robot with Multimodal Locomotion and Multifunctionality<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/rpj\/article-abstract\/27\/10\/1917\/366177\/Multi-material-distribution-planning-for-additive?redirectedFrom=fulltext\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/rpj\/article-abstract\/27\/10\/1917\/366177\/Multi-material-distribution-planning-for-additive?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">Multi-material distribution planning for additive manufacturing of biomimetic structures<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S152661252030205X\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S152661252030205X\">Additive manufacturing of multi-material soft robot for on-demand drug delivery applications<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liebertpub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1089\/soro.2018.0082\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.liebertpub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1089\/soro.2018.0082\">A Fully Three-Dimensional Printed Inchworm-Inspired Soft Robot with Magnetic Actuation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biomimetic functional structures and material fabrication via advanced manufacturing &nbsp; In biomimetic applications of AM, rather than simply targeting to duplicate the natural materials and structures, the primary challenge should be understanding the design principles and physical\/chemical mechanisms that determine the optimized structural and geometrical organization in biological systems, and its relationship to 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