Biomimetics : design and processing of materials /

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Imprint:Woodbury, N.Y. : AIP Press, c1995.
Description:xi, 285 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:AIP series in polymers and complex materials
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2387591
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Other authors / contributors:Sarikaya, Mehmet.
Aksay, Ilhan A.
ISBN:1563961962 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • What We Can Learn from Soft Biomaterials and Structures / Stephen A. Wainwright
  • Hierarchical Structure of Collagen Composite Systems: Lessons from Biology / Eric Baer, James J. Cassidy and Anne Hiltner
  • Nacre: Properties, Crystallography, Morphology, and Formation / Mehmet Sarikaya, Jun Liu and Ilhan A. Aksay
  • Biomineralization, the Inorganic-Organic Interface, and Crystal Engineering / Stephen Mann
  • Microstructure-Property Relations in Vertebrate Bony Hard Tissues: Microdamage and Toughness / John D. Currey, Peter Zioupos and Andy Sedman
  • Biomimetic Ceramics and Hard Composites / Paul Calvert
  • Microstructure of an Insect Cuticle and Applications to Advanced Composites / Stephen L. Gunderson and Rebecca C. Schiavone
  • Structure and Function of Magnetosomes in Magnetotactic Bacteria / Richard B. Frankel and Dennis A. Bazylinski
  • Size-Quantized Particles at Artificial Membrane Interfaces / Janos H. Fendler
  • The Macromolecular Design of Spiders' Silks / John Gosline, Cynthis Nichols, Paul Guerette, Audrey Cheng and Steve Katz
  • Role of Molecular Genetics in Polymer Materials Science / Maurille J. Fournier, Thomas L. Mason and David A. Tirrell.