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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Inorganic materials series ; no. 4
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Inorganic materials series (Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)) ; no. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Series Preface; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Bioinspired Synthesis: History, Fundamentals and Outlook; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Early Human Use of Nature; 1.1.2 Structures in Nature; 1.2 Materials with Short-range Order: Glasses; 1.2.1 Introduction; 1.2.2 What are Glasses?; 1.2.3 Biological Glasses; 1.2.4 Bioinspired Glasses; 1.2.5 Summary; 1.3 Materials with Long-range Order: Metals and Ceramics; 1.3.1 Introduction; 1.3.2 Natural Processes; 1.3.3 Natural Calcium Carbonate; 1.3.4 Use of the Nacre Structure in Ceramics; 1.3.5 Artificial Calcium Carbonate |
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1.3.6 Chemistry and Control in Bioinspired Synthesis1.3.7 Biotemplating in Oxides; 1.3.8 Types of Templating; 1.3.9 Soft Biotemplating; 1.3.10 Hard Biotemplating; 1.4 Biotemplating Considerations; 1.4.1 Solubility; 1.4.2 pH/pKa; 1.4.3 Counter Ions; 1.5 Non-aqueous (Bio)templating; 1.5.1 Ionic Liquids; 1.5.2 Deep Eutectic Solvents; 1.6 Summary; References; Chapter 2 Bioinspired Surfaces; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Thermodynamics of Molecular Scale Surfaces; 2.3 Contact Angle and Surface Free Energy Measurements; 2.3.1 Volume Absorption Measurements by Sessile Drop Shape Analysis Methods |
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2.3.2 Application and Control of Surface Energy and Contact Angle2.4 Bioinspired Non-wetting Surfaces; 2.5 Bioinspired Wetting Surfaces; 2.5.1 Phospholipids; 2.5.2 Mucins; 2.5.3 The Eye: A Biolubricant Wetting Example; 2.6 Adhesion at the Molecular Level: Synthetic and Natural; 2.6.1 Biological Adhesives; 2.6.2 Synthetic Reactive Molecular Adhesives; 2.6.3 Silicone or Polysiloxane; 2.7 Soft Lithography of Soft Surfaces; 2.8 Biomolecular Surfaces; 2.8.1 Proteins at Surfaces; 2.8.2 Biofouling and Bioinspired Antimicrobial Surfaces |
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2.9 Creating and Characterising Biological andBioinspired Surfaces Using Atomic Force Microscopy2.9.1 AFM Hardware and Set-up; 2.9.2 Surface Forces and Tip-Sample Interaction; 2.10 Function and Form in Bioinspired Surfaces on the Macroscale; References; Chapter 3 Energy Conversion and Storage; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Photovoltaics; 3.3 Thermal Energy Storage Systems and Phase Change Materials; 3.4 Batteries; 3.5 Supercapacitors; 3.6 Outlook; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4 Biomimetics of Structural Colours: Materials, Methods and Applications; 4.1 Introduction |
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4.2 Natural Structural Colours4.2.1 Physical Origins of Natural Structural Colours; 4.2.2 Model Systems of Natural Structural Colours for Biomimicry; 4.3 Biomimicry of Natural Structural Colours; 4.3.1 Top-down Strategies; 4.3.2 Bottom-up Strategies; 4.3.3 Scaled-up Production; 4.4 Applications; 4.4.1 Responsive and Tuneable Structural Colours; 4.4.2 Surface Engineering with Structurally Coloured Systems; 4.4.3 Structural Colours in Art, Cosmetics, Paints and Textiles; 4.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 5 Bioinspired Approaches to Bone; 5.1 Introduction |
| Summary |
This book covers big breakthroughs in bionispiration for energy applications, surface technology, metamaterials and ceramics for regenerative medicine. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Materials -- Biotechnology.
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Materials -- Biotechnology. |
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Biotechnology.
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Biotechnology. |
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Biomimetics.
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Biomimetics. |
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Inorganic compounds.
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Inorganic compounds. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hall, Simon R., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781788011464 |
| ISBN |
9781788015806 (electronic book) |
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1788015800 (electronic book) |
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9781788018739 (electronic publication) |
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1788018737 (electronic publication) |
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9781788011464 (paperback edition) |
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1788011465 (paperback edition) |
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