Advanced Bionics

Bionic Nanotechnology

Biogenic materials are often formed at the nanoscale by various metabolic activities and by passive surface reactions with cell walls or extracellular structures. Harnessing the processes used by microorganisms to digest nutrients for their growth may be a viable method for the formation of a wide range of so-called biogenic materials. These have eccentric mechanical and physical properties that are not produced by abiotic processes. Such living materials can be considered bionic materials because they benefit from both the biological world, which can self-organize, and non-living materials, which add new features such as electronic transport, optical properties, etc. will explore these living factors and address the analysis, design and synthesis of hybrid living materials.