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  • Materials Science
  • Biomimetics
  • Mechanical Engineering

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  • Additive manufacturing (AM) is rapidly advancing across diverse applications.
  • AM is crucial for creating intricate prototypes in biological and bioinspired materials research.
  • Understanding structure-property relationships in natural materials is key to innovation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Review recent advances in AM for biological and bioinspired materials.
  • Highlight AM's role in understanding material structure-property relationships.
  • Discuss AM's application in producing tailorable bioinspired materials.

Main Methods:

  • Extracting defining characteristics of biological designs.
  • Designing and 3D-printing prototypes.
  • Conducting mechanical testing on prototypes.
  • Optimizing designs for specific performance.

Main Results:

  • AM enables detailed study of biological material structure-property relationships.
  • Various AM methods are utilized to create complex bioinspired materials.
  • Overcoming previous limitations, AM is now an integral research tool.

Conclusions:

  • AM facilitates novel discoveries in biological materials.
  • Current challenges and future perspectives for AM in bioinspired materials are discussed.
  • AM's advanced capabilities are driving innovation in materials science.