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    Manoj Kumar R, Khelendra Agrawal & Debrupa Lahiri

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Nature has many creatures with highly organized hierarchical architecture ranging from the nano- to macro-length scale. An in-depth understanding of the key role of natural hierarchy is essential for developing artificial replacements. During the past few decades, a considerable effort has been made to construct the ideal hierarchical structure through different composite approaches to meet the advanced medical demand, which has achieved partial success. Material scientists are still searching for the most suitable composite materials system to develop artificial biomimetic structures.

Directing the nature-inspired technologies toward the development of hierarchical composites with permutation and combination of different material systems through innovative processing routes, and transitioning the achievements from the laboratory level into the real world by counterbalancing the limitations is an attractive and challenging job. This overview was aimed at identifying the direction and scope of the development of artificial hierarchical composite structures with the best possible functionalities for biomedical applications.

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Kumar R, M., Agrawal, K., Lahiri, D. (2015). Medical Applications of Hierarchical Composites. In: Kim, CS., Randow, C., Sano, T. (eds) Hybrid and Hierarchical Composite Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12868-9_6

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