Biomimetics helping to design advanced environmental adsorbents

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.