Review Paper:
Biomimetics helping
to design advanced environmental adsorbents
Chmielewská E.
Res. J. Chem. Environ.; Vol. 29(2); 120-124;;
doi: https://doi.org/10.25303/292rjce1200124; (2025)
Abstract
There are many examples from the past, especially from the period of rapid industrial
development, when as a consequence of harmful emissions in the biosphere, a mass
death of the population and all forms of life occurred. Chemical accidents, means
of warfare in wars to destroy the enemy, production of energy related to risks of
contamination, loss of biodiversity, electromagnetic smog, oil extraction and oil
tanker accidents, transport and exhaust gases, climate threats, production of commodities
without respecting the legislative environmental standards and the lack of environmental
infrastructure, are the most common consequences in today's modern human life and
environmental quality.
Biomimetics (or bioinspiration) is one of the most revolutionary scientific fields
of the 21st century. It is usually defined as a science which imitates nature and
living systems and helps to sustain life on Earth. Due to a better understanding
of biological systems, the ability to observe nature, as well as the number of effective
nature-inspired solutions to some current technological problems have increased
dramatically.
