Biomimetics: Connecting Ecology and Engineering by Informatics

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Application of Biomimetics and Public and Industrial Perceptions
1.1: Introduction
1.2: Methodology
1.3: Museum Visitors Perception 1
1.4: Museum Visitors Perception 2
1.5: Perception of Industrial Sectors
1.6: Comparative Analysis
2. Ontology-Enhanced Thesaurus for Promoting Biomimetics Research
2.1: Introduction
2.2: Role of the Knowledge Infrastructure for Biomimetics
2.2.1: Related Work in the Framework of the Design Processes of Biology-Inspired Design
2.2.2: Positioning of OET in the Context of the Whole Design Process
2.2.3: An Envisioned Application
2.2.3.1: How Keyword Explorer works
2.2.3.2: A Motivating Example
2.3: Ontology-Enhanced Thesaurus
2.3.1: Characteristics of Biomimetics DBs
2.3.2: Basic Design of a Biomimetics Database Retrieval Scheme
2.3.3: Keyword Exploration as an Independent Task before Issuing Queries to DBs
2.3.3.1: Keyword exploration and missing links
2.3.3.2: Keyword exploration reasoning
2.3.3.3: Two-step help
2.4: Ontologies in OET
2.4.1: Basic Design of Ontologies in OET
2.4.2: Ontology of Function
2.4.3: Concepts other than Function
2.4.3.1: Taxonomy of creatures
2.4.3.2: Properties
2.4.3.3: Living environments
2.4.3.4: The quality of ontologies in OET
2.5: Implementation and Evaluation of a Prototype of Keyword Explorer
2.5.1: Implementation of Keyword Explorer
2.5.1.1: The demo version
2.5.1.2: The prototype version
2.5.2: Preliminary Evaluation Experiment
2.6: Concluding Remarks
3. Biomimetics Image Retrieval Platform for Bridging Different Study Fields
3.1: Introduction
3.2: Background for New Image Retrieval Platform
3.2.1: Need for an Image Retrieval Scheme in Biomimetics Studies
3.2.2: Image Retrieval Based on a Visualization Technique
3.3: Biomimetics Image Retrieval Platform
3.3.1: Algorithm in Our Retrieval Platform
3.3.2: Functions Equipped in the Biomimetics Image Retrieval Platorm
3.3.3: Inter-field Similarities Discovered by Our Platorm
3.4: Conclusions
4. Theory of Inventive Problem-Solving Method (TRIZ) Applying Biomimetics
4.1: Introduction
4.2: Current Conditions Regarding Patents for Biomimetics
4.3: Engineering Problem Solving Method (TRIZ) Applying Biomimetics
4.3.1: TRIZ Method
4.3.2: Bio-TRIZ Method
4.3.3: Examples of Solutions to Technological Contradictions
4.4: Database of Inventive Problem-Solving Method (TRIZ) Applying Biomimetics
4.4.1: Problem-Oriented Approach-Search from Technical Contradiction Mtrix
4.4.2: Function-Oriented Approach-Search from Function
4.4.3: Inventory of Biomimetic Products
4.5: A Motivating Example of Database
4.5.1: Problem-Oriented Approach for Windmills
4.5.2: Function-Oriented Approach for Windmills
4.5.3: Inventory of Biomimetic Products for Windmills
4.6: Conclusion
5. Urban Planning by Learning from Living Creatures
5.1: Introduction
5.2: Urban Growth and Analogy to Living Creatures
5.3: Cities Affected by Lifestyle-Related Diseases
5.3.1: Metabolic Syndrome
5.3.2: Hypertension
5.3.3: Osteoporosis
5.3.4: Cancer
5.4: Using Apoptosis in Urban Planning
5.4.1: Two Patterns of Cell Death
5.4.2: Compact Town Development Learned from Apoptosis
5.4.3: Necessity of Reduced Diet
5.4.4: Necessity of District Karte
5.5: Concluding Remarks: Thinking about an Evolutionarily Stable Region
6. Functional Elucidation of Biological Interactions in Agricultural Ecosystems and the Application of Biomimetics to Plant Protection
6.1: Vibrational Interactions in Beetles and Bugs and Applications in Plant Protection
6.1.1: Background
6.1.2: Vibrational Interactions in Beetles and Bugs
6.1.3: Vibrational Senses
6.1.4: Application of Vibrations in Plant Protectio
6.2: Contribution of Soybean Leaf Trichomes to the Resistance of Spodoptera Litura
6.2.1: Background
6.2.2: Preference Change with and without Soybean Leaf Trichomes
6.2.3: Chemical Analysis of Trichome Components
6.2.4: Observation and Measurement of Trichome Physical Parameters
6.2.5: Discussion
6.3: Insect Pheromone Communication
6.3.1: Background
6.3.2: Reception of Pheromones
7. Anti-Biofouling Effects against Sessile Organisms of Soft Materials
7.1: Introduction
7.2: Barnacles
7.3: Anti-Biofouling Effects of Soft Mterials
7.4: Anti-Biofouling Effects of Hydrogels in the Ocean
7.5: Barnacle Growth Inhibition Effects of Soft Materials
7.6: Anti-Barnacle Settlement Activity of Microstructured Silicone Elastomers
7.7: Conclusion
8. Biomimetic Devices by Nano/Micro Processing
8.1: Introduction
8.2: Fusion of MEMS with Ultra-High-Precision Three-Dimensional Processing
8.3: Microneedles for Drawing Blood by Mimicking Mosquitoes
8.3.1: Introduction
8.3.2: Structure of the Mosquito Needle and the Stinging Motion
8.3.3: Manufacture of a Microneedle by Ultra-High-Precision Three-Dimensional Laser Lithography
8.3.3.1: Manufacture of a set of three needles to mimic the labrum and two maxillae of a mosquito
8.3.3.2: Proposal for needles in which two split-in-half needles are combined
8.3.3.3: Manufacture of split-in-half microneedles and evaluation of the piercing and blood-drawing functions
8.3.4: Manufacture of a Microneedle Using a Femtosecond Laser
8.3.4.1: Hollow needle mimicking the labrum
8.3.4.2: Plate-shaped needle having a protrusion with a jagged edge
8.3.4.3: Comparison with the proboscis of a mosquito
8.3.4.4: Performance evaluation
8.4: Vacuum Suction Gripper That Mimics the Octopus Acetabulum
8.4.1: Introduction
8.4.2: Principle and Structure
8.4.3: Gripper Manufacture and Gripping Experiment
8.4.3.1: Semispherical gripper with multiple acetabula
8.4.3.2: One-acetabulum gripper with a bellows structure
8.5: An Antibacterial Nanosurface Mimicking Cicada’s Wing Using Biomimetics
8.5.1: Introduction
8.5.2: Observational Results of Cicada Wings and Manufacturing of a Sample
8.5.3: Evaluation of Antibacterial Characteristics
8.5.4: Results
8.6:
Fine Protrusions that Mimic the Footpads of Gecko
8.6.1: Introduction
8.6.2: Measuring the Adhesive Area of the Footpad of Gecko
8.6.3: Adsorption Strength Measurement Experiment
8.6.4: Manufacture of an Adsorption Device Using a Three-Dimensional Laser Lithography and Transfer by UV Nano-Imprinting
8.7: A Robot Hand That Mimics the Fingers of a Tree Frog
8.7.1: Introduction
8.7.2: Gripping Strategy
8.7.3: Hand Configuration
8.8: Conclusion
9. Structural Color in Biomimetics
9.1: Introduction
9.2: Optical Principles
9.2.1: Principles for Structural Color
9.2.2: Types of Structural Color
9.3: Applications of Structural Color
9.3.1: Advantages of Structural Color
9.3.2: Various Artificial Approaches
9.4: “Single Colored” Structural Color: Morpho Butterfly
9.4.1: Principles of the Morpho-color
9.4.2: How to Reproduce the Morpho-color?
9.4.3: Another Approach to the Morpho-color
9.5: New Applications of Morpho-Color
9.6: Summary
10. Wetting Phenomena on Structured Surfaces: Contact Angle, Pinning, Rolling and Bouncing
10.1: Introduction
10.2: Equilibrium Contact Angle, Wenzel State and Cassie-Baxter State
10.3: Contact Angle: Thermodynamics of Static Wetting Phenomena
10.4: Pinning Effect
10.5: Lotus Effect
10.6: Bouncing Raindrops on Lotus Leaf: Laplace Pressure and Bouncing Phenomena in Dynamic Wetting of Macroscopic Droplets
10.6.1: Laplace Pressure Generated by Surface Structures
10.6.2: Dynamic Pressure
10.6.3: Bouncing Conditions of Macroscopic Droplets and Importance of Standing Angle and Length of Actual Surface Structures
10.6.4: Summary for Bouncing Behaviors of Macroscopic Droplets on Structured Surfaces
10.7: Bouncing Phenomena of Smaller Droplets on Structured Surface: Restitution Coefficient
10.8: Conclusion
11. Powdered Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives Developed Based on Biomimetics
11.1: Introduction
11.2: What are Liquid Marbles?
11.3: Liquid Marbles Fabricated by Aphids
11.4: Development of Powdered Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives
11.5: Conclusions
12. Fabrication of Artificial Melanin-Based Structural Color Materials through Biomimetic Design
12.1: Introduction
12.2: Structural Colors Found in Nature
12.2.1: Role of Melanin in Structural Coloration
12.2.2: Melanin and Polydopamine
12.3: Structural Coloration by Assembly of Colloidal Particles
12.4: Structural Color Materials from Artificial Melanin Particles
12.4.1: Structural Coloration from Polydopamine Particles
12.4.2: Structural Coloration by Core–Shell Particles with Polydopamine as the Shell Layer
12.4.2.1: Particle design
12.4.2.2: High-visibility structural coloration
12.4.2.3: Effect of assembled structures on coloration
12.4.2.4: Effect of compositions on coloration
12.4.2.5: Effect of particle shapes on coloration
12.4.2.6:
Application as coloring materials
12.5: Structural Coloration by Black Additives
12.6: Perspectives
13. Study of Bile Duct Stent Having Antifouling Properties Using Biomimetics Technique
13.1: Introduction
13.2: Biomimetics Technologies
13.3: Biliary Stents with Antifouling Properties
13.4: Production of Mold with Nanohole Structures Based on Snail Shell Surface Structures
13.5: Producing Antifouling Sheets for Stents
13.6: Fabrication of Biliary Stent and Liquid Passage Test
13.7: In vivo Study
13.7.1: Overview of in vivo Study
13.7.2: In vivo Study Procedure
13.7.3: Results of Animal Testing (Antifouling Evaluations)
13.8: Summary
14. Biomimetic Designed Surfaces for Growth Suppression of Biofilm-Inspired Sharkskin Denticles
14.1: Introduction
14.2: Concept of Biofilm Growth Suppression
14.3: Preparation for the Culture Test of Bacteria
14.3.1: Fabrication of Test Sample
14.3.2: Method of Bacterial Culture
14.3.3: Method of Bacterial Culture
14.3.4: Method of Coverage of Bacteria Quantification
14.4: Evaluation of Antibacterial Effect by Biomimetics
14.5: Summary
Index