Implant materials must mimic natural human bones with biocompatibility, osteoconductivity
and mechanical stability to successfully replace damaged or disease-affected bones …

Biological mineralization is a natural process manifested by living organisms in which
inorganic minerals crystallize under the scrupulous control of biomolecules, producing …

This research provides an extensive analysis of the biodiversity and distribution patterns of
copepod crustaceans associated with octocoral species. A comprehensive dataset …

Attenuated total reflection (ATR) microscope Fourier transform infrared (micro‐FTIR)
spectroscopy was used to investigate the dinosporin composition in the walls of modern …

The rotifer-specific biopolymer, namely Rotimer, is a recently discovered group of the
biomolecule family. Rotimer has an active role in the biofilm formation initiated by rotifers …

Structural bioinspiration in modern material science and biomimetics represents an actual
trend that was originally based on the bioarchitectural diversity of invertebrate skeletons …

The increased interest in nanomedicine and its applicability for a wide range of biological
functions demands the search for raw materials to create nanomaterials. Recent trends have …

Sapphirinid copepods, which are marine zooplankton, exhibit tunable structural colors
originating from a layered structure of guanine crystal plates. In the present study, the …

The solid waste of Rapana thomasiana seashells both from domestic activities and natural
waste on seashore can be used to obtain viable products for medical applications. However …

Large scale isolation of chitin traditionally has been carried out from fungal biomass as well
as from seafood processing wastes, eg, from shrimp, crab and lobster exoskeletons. Despite …