Nature‑Inspired Solutions: Advances in Biomimetics

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, “Nature-Inspired Solutions: Advances in Biomimetics,” aims to showcase recent advances in the development of innovative technologies, materials, structures, and functional systems inspired by nature. Biomimetics provides a powerful framework for translating biological principles into sustainable and high-performance solutions across engineering, materials science, robotics, architecture, and biomedical applications.

We welcome contributions addressing emerging concepts, experimental approaches, theoretical models, and technological applications inspired by biological structures, mechanisms, and processes. Particular emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary research that connects biological understanding with engineering innovation and demonstrates how nature-inspired principles can contribute to solving current technological and societal challenges.

Both original research articles and review papers are welcome, covering a broad range of topics in biomimetics, including bio-inspired materials and surfaces, adhesion and friction, locomotion and robotics, structural design, sensing and actuation, adaptive and multifunctional systems, and sustainable nature-inspired technologies.

The Special Issue features the following and related topics:

• S1. Biomimetic Design, Constructions and Devices
• S2. Biomimetic Materials—Structures, Surfaces and Interfaces
• S3. Bioinspired Robotics and Locomotion
• S4. Bioinspired Sensorics, Information Processing and Control
• S5. Biological Optimisation and Management

Prof. Dr. Stanislav N. Gorb
Dr. Chu-Chu Li
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Biomimetics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• biomimetics of materials and structures
• biomimetic design, constructions, and devices
• biomimetic surfaces and interfaces
• bioinspired architecture and climatization
• locomotion and bioinspired robotics
• bioinspired sensorics, information processing and control
• biomimetic processing, optimisation, management
• biomimetic processing and molecular biomimetics
• energy biomimetics
• development of biomimetic methodology