Biomimetic Materials Chemistry

* Provides new insights into materials science
* Indicates the value of biology in materials science
* Demonstrates how new interdisciplinary studies are influencing the fields of materials science and chemistry
* Surveys this new field and shows what progress has been made as well as indicating the potential of these applications
* Leading scientists review biomimetic approaches to the synthesis and processing of nanoparticles, thin patterned films, ceramics, and organic-inorganic composites
* Focuses on molecule synthesis, templating, organized construction and microstructural processing of biomimetic materials
related titles are:
- Meyers: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- Silver: Biocompatibility Vol.1: PolymersBiomimetische Werkstoffe - ein topaktuelles Forschungsgebiet zwischen Materialwissenschaft, anorganischer Chemie und Biochemie, Biologie und Biotechnologie! In dieser interdiziplinären Sammlung finden Sie die neuesten Highlights zur Anwendung biologischer Stoffe und Prozesse. From the Contents:
Biomineralization and Biomimetic Chemistry/
Biomimetic Strategies and Materials Processing/ Biogenic Cadmium Sulfide Semiconductors/
Biomimetic Synthesis of Nanoscale Particles in Organized Protein Cages/
Biomimetic Approaches to Nanoscale Fabrication/
Template-directed Nucleation and Growth of Inorganic Materials/
Construction of Organized Particulate Films by the Langmuir-Blodgett Technique/
Organization of Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Electrical Spectroscopies/
Polyamino Acids as Antiscalants, Dispersants, Antifreezes and Absorbent Gelling Materials/
Bacterial Fibers and their Mineralized Products: Bionites/
Biomimetic Inorganic-organic Composites/
Organoceramic Nanocomposites/
Ceramics Processing with Biogenic Additives. Aus dem Inhalt:
Biomineralization and Biomimetic Chemistry/
Biomimetic Strategies and Materials Processing/ Biogenic Cadmium Sulfide Semiconductors/
Biomimetic Synthesis of Nanoscale Particles in Organized Protein Cages/
Biomimetic Approaches to Nanoscale Fabrication/
Template-directed Nucleation and Growth of Inorganic Materials/
Construction of Organized Particulate Films by the Langmuir-Blodgett Technique/
Organization of Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Electrical Spectroscopies/
Polyamino Acids as Antiscalants, Dispersants, Antifreezes and Absorbent Gelling Materials/
Bacterial Fibers and their Mineralized Products: Bionites/
Biomimetic Inorganic-organic Composites/
Organoceramic Nanocomposites/
Ceramics Processing with Biogenic Additives.

Stephen Mann, FRS, FRSC, is Professor of Chemistry, Director of the Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, Director of the Centre for Protolife Research, and Principal of the Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials at the University of Bristol, UK.