Description
Book SynopsisThis book is about how a knowledge and understanding of biological products and processes can lead to new insights in the synthesis, design and processing of inorganic-based materials. This approach is called 'biomimetics'. The book attempts to survey the new frontiers of biomimetic materials chemistry.
Table of ContentsFrom 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.
