简介:Thenaturalworldspentbillionsofyearsinsolution-findingduringevolution,whichcouldbenefitTechnology.Howdoweputthatinanutshell?Biologicalsystemsaremorecomplexthanthemostcomplexcurrenttechnology.Anygivenfunctionandeffectaresimultaneouslycoordinatedandlinkedwithothersatmanylevelsofbiologicalorganisation-fromcellorganelletoorganism,topopulationandecosystem.Technologydoesnothavetoolstodealwiththecomplexityand"goalintendedness"oflivingsystems.Butlimitsforinteractionexistonbothsides-Biologicalscienceitselfisalsotooempiricalandnotmatureenoughtoprovideasolidbaseforcorrelatinglivingwithtechnicalsystems.Movingtowardsasynthesis,whereengineerscanutilizethevastamountofavailablebiologicaldata,wesuggestusingatoolcalled"TheoryofInventiveProblemSolving"(TRIZ)andclarifyingsomeimportantmethodologicalissues,whichhavenotpreviouslybeenrecognisedinbionicengineering:1)Requirenentformoreappropriatedefinitionsof"system","effect","function","law"and"rule".2)Requirementforunderstandingorevenmeasuringthedegreeofcontradictionoranalogybetweenfunctionsinbiologicalandartificialand/ornon-livingengineeringsystem-thereisnosimpledirectcorrelationbetweenwhatengineersfindusefulandwhatbiologydoes.
简介:Microporoustitaniumcarbidecoatingwassuccessfullysynthesizedonmedicalgradetitaniumalloybyusingsequentialcarburization.Changesinthesurfacemorphologyoftitaniumalloyoccasionedbysequentialcarburizationwerecharacterizedandthewettabilitycharacteristicswerequantified.Furthermore,thedispersionforceswerecalculatedanddiscussed.Theresultsindicatethatsequentialcarburizationisaneffectivewaytomodifythewettabilityoftitaniumalloy.Afterthecarburizationthesurfacedispersionforceoftitaniumalloyincreasedfrom76.5×10-3J·m-2to105.5×10-3J·m-2,withanenhancementof37.9%.Meanwhilethecontactangleoftitaniumalloydecreasedfrom83°to71.5°,indicatingasignificantimprovementofwettability,whichismuchclosertotheoptimalwatercontactangleforcelladhesionof70°.