Editing Biomimetics (section)

=== Surfaces ===
[[Sharklet (material)|Surfaces]] that recreate the properties of [[Dermal denticle#Shark skin|shark skin]] are intended to enable more efficient movement through water. Efforts have been made to produce fabric that emulates shark skin.<ref name="williams" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sharklet.com/technology/|title=Inspired by Nature|date=2010|publisher=Sharklet Technologies Inc|access-date=6 June 2014}}</ref>

[[Surface tension biomimetics]] are being researched for technologies such as [[hydrophobic]] or [[hydrophilic]] coatings and microactuators.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Yuan|first1=Zhiqing|date=15 November 2013|title=A novel fabrication of a superhydrophobic surface with highly similar hierarchical structure of the lotus leaf on a copper sheet|journal=Applied Surface Science|volume=285|pages=205–210|doi=10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.08.037|bibcode=2013ApSS..285..205Y}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Huh|first1=Dongeun|s2cid=11011310|date=25 June 2010|title=Reconstituting Organ-Level Lung Functions on a Chip|journal=Science|volume=328|issue=5986|pages=1662–1668|doi=10.1126/science.1188302|pmid=20576885|bibcode=2010Sci...328.1662H|pmc=8335790}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mayser|first1=Matthias|date=12 June 2014|title=Layers of Air in the Water beneath the Floating Fern Salvinia are Exposed to Fluctuations in Pressure|journal=Integrative and Comparative Biology|volume=54|issue=6|pages=1001–1007|doi=10.1093/icb/icu072|pmid=24925548|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Borno|first1=Ruba|date=21 September 2006|title=Transpiration actuation: the design, fabrication and characterization of biomimetic microactuators driven by the surface tension of water|journal=Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering|volume=16|issue=11|pages=2375–2383|doi=10.1088/0960-1317/16/11/018|bibcode=2006JMiMi..16.2375B|hdl=2027.42/49048|s2cid=2571529 |url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/49048/2/jmm6_11_018.pdf|hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Garrod|first1=R.|date=4 October 2006|title=Mimicking a Stenocara Beetle's Back for Microcondensation Using Plasmachemical Patterned Superhydrophobic-Superhydrophilic Surfaces|journal=Langmuir|volume=23|issue=2|pages=689–693|doi=10.1021/la0610856|pmid=17209621}}</ref>