BIOMIMETIC COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SURFACES

Andrés Díaz Lantada, Pilar Lafont Morgado, Javier Echávarri Otero, Enrique Chacón Tanarro, Eduardo de la Guerra Ochoa, Juan Manuel Munoz-Guijosa, José Luis Muñoz Sanz

2012

Abstract

Conventional computer-aided design software does not yet provide special tools oriented to modeling the complexity of biological systems, as such programs are mainly developed for promoting information exchange in tasks related to industrial design and to parts with regular smooth surfaces. The process explained in this study allows defining and precisely controlling the topography of surfaces from the design stage, with help of computer-aided design tools. Its application to obtaining a biomimetic surface based on the leaves of the Lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera), renowned for its outstanding self-healing and tribological properties, is shown as example. Some reflections on potential remarkable applications, linked to the development of implants and prototypes with applications in several industries, have also been included.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Díaz Lantada A., Lafont Morgado P., Echávarri Otero J., Chacón Tanarro E., de la Guerra Ochoa E., Munoz-Guijosa J. and Muñoz Sanz J. (2012). BIOMIMETIC COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SURFACES . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2012) ISBN 978-989-8425-91-1, pages 286-290. DOI: 10.5220/0003889002860290

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices12,
author={Andrés Díaz Lantada and Pilar Lafont Morgado and Javier Echávarri Otero and Enrique Chacón Tanarro and Eduardo de la Guerra Ochoa and Juan Manuel Munoz-Guijosa and José Luis Muñoz Sanz},
title={BIOMIMETIC COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SURFACES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={286-290},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003889002860290},
isbn={978-989-8425-91-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2012)
TI - BIOMIMETIC COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SURFACES
SN - 978-989-8425-91-1
AU - Díaz Lantada A.
AU - Lafont Morgado P.
AU - Echávarri Otero J.
AU - Chacón Tanarro E.
AU - de la Guerra Ochoa E.
AU - Munoz-Guijosa J.
AU - Muñoz Sanz J.
PY - 2012
SP - 286
EP - 290
DO - 10.5220/0003889002860290