Bioinspiration From Nano to Micro Scales /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Liu, Xiang Yang (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Physics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Nanotechnology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.

Methods in bioinspiration and biomimicking have been around for a long time. However, due to current advances in modern physical, biological sciences, and technologies, our understanding of the methods have evolved to a new level. This is due not only to the identification of mysterious and fascinat...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Bioinspired Nanoscale Water Channel and its Potential Applications
• Chapter 2. Survival from the Cold Winter: Freezing and Ice Crystallization Inhibition by Antifreeze Proteins
• Chapter 3. Biomineralization: Mechanisms of Hydroxyapatite Crystal Growth
• Chapter 4: Biomineralization: Apatite Protein Interaction
• Chapter 5. Biomineralization: Tooth Enamel Formation
• Chapter 6. Biomineralization: Amorphous Calcium Carbonate: Synthesis and Transformation
• Chapter 7. Modelling of Biomineralization and Structural Color Biomimetics by Controlled Colloidal Assembly
• Chapter 8. Photonic Structures for Coloration in the Biological World
• Chapter 9. Superhydrophobic Surfaces- Beyond Lotus Effect
• Index.