Biomateriomics

• Main Authors: Cranford, Steven W. (Author), Buehler, Markus J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 165
• Subjects: Materials science.; Linguistics.; Physics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Materials Science.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Biomedical Engineering.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Theoretical Linguistics.

Biomateriomics introduces a comprehensive toolset and detailed case studies that can unlock Nature’s secret to high performance materials such as spider silk, bone, and nacre. It aims to elucidate the role of materials in the progression, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, and how such understandi...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: A Materiomics Perspective
• The Materiome
• Biological Materials: A Biomateriomics Approach
• Music, Linguistics and Hierarchical Materials and Universality-Diversity Paradigm
• Part II: Methods and Tools
• Theory, Computational Approaches and Simulation
• Experimental Approaches
• Example: Mechanical Characterization through Experiment, Theory and Simulation
• Part III: Applied Biomateriomics
• Pathological Materiomics
• Synthesis and Design
• Conclusion, and Future of Biomateriomics.