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A comprehensive overview and summary of recent achievements and the latest trends in bioinspired thermal materials.
Following an introduction to different thermal materials and their effective heat transfer to other materials, the text discusses heat detection materials that are inspired by biological systems, such as fire beetles and butterflies. There then follow descriptions of materials with thermal management functionality, including those for evaporation and condensation, heat transfer and thermal insulation materials, as modeled on snake skins, polar bears and fire-resistant trees. A discussion of thermoresponsive materials with thermally switchable surfaces and controllable nanochannels as well as those with high thermal conductivity and piezoelectric sensors is rounded off by a look toward future trends in the bioinspired engineering of thermal materials.
Straightforward and well structured, this is an essential reference for newcomers as well as experienced researchers in this exciting field.

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INTRODUCTION
Thermal Function of Materials
Thermal Function of Biological Systems
Bioinspired Thermal Materials
THERMAL DETECTION MATERIALS INSPIRED BY BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Thermal Detection Inspired by Fire Beetles
Thermal Detection Inspired by Butterflies
Thermal Detection Inspired by Other Biological Systems
THERMAL MANAGEMENT MATERIALS INSPIRED BY BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Materials for Evaporation Heat Transfer
Materials for Condensation Heat Transfer
Thermal Regulation Materials Inspired by Snake Skins
Bioinspired Thermal Regulation Materials for Smart Windows
THERMAL INSULATION MATERIALS INSPIRED BY BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Thermal Insulation Materials Inspired by Polar Bears
Thermal Insulation Materials Inspired by Fire-Resistant Trees
Thermal Insulation Materials Inspired by Silkworm Cocoon
THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MATERIALS INSPIRED BY BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Bioinpired Thermally Switchable Surfaces
Bioinspired Thermally Controllable Nanochannels
Thermally Triggered Bioinspired Drug Delivery Vessels
OTHER THERMAL MATERIALS INSPIRED BY BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Bioinspired Materials with High Thermal Conductivity
Bioinspired Materials for Optical-Thermal Conversion
Bioinspired Thermal Fluid
Bioinspired Piezoelectric Sensors
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE TRENDS IN BIOINSPIRED ENGINEERING OF THERMAL MATERIALS

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Tao Deng is the Zhi Yuan Endowed Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He obtained his PhD degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, USA, in 2001 and completed his postdoc at MIT in Boston, USA, in 2003. He worked at General Electric (GE)´s Global Research Center at Niskayuna, USA, before he moved to Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2012. Professor Deng has authored more than 50 external publications, 60 GE internal technical reports and holds 40 patents. He is the recipient of the Guo Moruo President award at the University of Science and Technology of China and numerous GE´s technical and patent awards. In 2011, he was selected as one of the top 100 young engineers to participate in the US National Academy of Engineering´s Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.

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