Various biological surfaces are known to be covered by elaborated micro- and nano-structures, serving
a number of functions (e.g. anti-reflective, structural coloration, anti-fouling, pro- or anti-adhesive, etc.) and
inspiring numerous industrial applications. Recent years have witnessed a remarkable boost in research in
this field. To a large extent, this boost owes to the increasing interdisciplinary of approaches being applied
to the study of structured biosurfaces. Sciences as different as classical zoology and botany are
inseminated with the advances in genetics and molecular biology; biologists collaborate more and more
with nanotechnologists, materials scientists and engineers – all these contribute to the widening of the
horizons of research on micro- and nano-structured biological surfaces, and to biomimetic and
bioengineering applications of these surfaces in industry.
Project funding:
COST actions
Period of project implementation: 2022-10-19 - 2026-10-18
Project partners: Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
