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Taolei Sun¹, Guangyan Qing, Baolian Su

¹State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, No. 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China. suntaolei@iccas.ac.cn

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Area of Science:

Biomaterials science
Surface chemistry
Cell biology

Background:

Natural biomaterials leverage surface micro/nanostructures, weak interactions, and chiral recognition.
These biological strategies are key to high-performance biomaterials and devices.

Purpose of the Study:

To review recent advances in biointerface material design inspired by nature.
To highlight the development of structural, smart, and chiral biointerface materials.

Main Methods:

Critical review of existing literature (90 references).
Analysis of natural biomaterial design principles.

Main Results:

Natural systems utilize surface topography, specific weak interactions, and chiral recognition for functionality.
These principles inspire novel biointerface materials with tailored properties.

Conclusions:

Understanding natural biointerfaces is crucial for developing advanced biomaterials.
Future biointerface materials can mimic nature's multi-scale structures, weak interactions, and chiral selectivity.