  The methodologies of bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication are
inevitably pointing to the incorporation of multifunctionality in engineered
materials when designing ever more complex systems. Optimal multifunctionality
is also the defining characteristic of metamaterials. As fibrous materials are
commonly manufactured from a variety of source materials, mimumes---i.e.,
microfibrous multifunctional metamaterials---are industrially viable even
today, as exemplified by mimumes of parylene C. The microfibrous morphology of
mimumes will enhance surface-dominated effects in comparison to those evinced
by bulk materials.
