Bioinspiration

Bioinspiration comes from the idea that many engineering solutions (a technical solution given specifications) are already available in the world surrounding us. Indeed in many cases, evolution already did the job [1]. The main strategy observed in biomaterials (materials found in nature) to obtain multifunctionality (lightness along with mechanical or  thermal properties) is a hierarchical structuration.

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Applied to impact protections and shock mitigation, the study of biological structure could give us hints for new architectured structures.