title: Multifunctional integration: from biological to bio-inspired materials.
abstract: Nature is a school for human beings. Learning from nature has long been a source of bioinspiration for scientists and engineers. Multiscale structures are characteristic for biological materials, exhibiting inherent multifunctional integration. Optimized biological solutions provide inspiration for scientists and engineers to design and to fabricate multiscale structured materials for multifunctional integration.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China.
authors.forename: Kesong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D010944:Plants
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials