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Editorial
. 2024 Sep 25;24(38):11765-11767.
doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c02816. Epub 2024 Sep 12.

The Future of Bioinspired Innovation: Exploring the Potential of Nanobiomimetics

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The Future of Bioinspired Innovation: Exploring the Potential of Nanobiomimetics

Jan-Henning Dirks et al. Nano Lett. .
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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Selected examples illustrating the miniaturization in bioinspired innovation. From the organismic level of bird flight, via microstructures adapted from lotus and burdock plants, to the combined micro- and nanoscale Salvinia effect to nanoscale moth eye structures and molecular motors.

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