Bioinspired Materials - Technology Apero

In nature, matter gives rise to existence. So what materials does nature use to make surfaces sensitive to light, to make structures that are lightweight but support heavy loads, to create membranes that prevent evaporation, to make structures that can break the toughest material without breaking itself? Even more puzzling is the question of how organisms make these materials without the use of heavy metals and intensive chemical treatments destructive to life itself.
The answers often lay in complex hierarchical structures of natural materials that are created through chemical self-assembly; in mixing hard inorganic materials with soft organic proteins; in the sophisticated nanostructures that give rise to organism level functionality.

How can we start learning from these strategies to make more sophisticated and sustainable materials? Under the theme of bioinspired materials, the following researchers from EPFL and ETHZ will speak at the upcoming Technology Aperitif jointly hosted by CCMX and the Bio-inspired Projects Platform