Bioinspired inorganic materials : structure and function /: structure and function. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor: Simon R. Hall.
• Editors: Hall, Simon R
• 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 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 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 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 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
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 660.6; Materials -- Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Biomimetics; Inorganic compounds; Biomimetics; Biotechnology; Inorganic compounds; Materials -- Biotechnology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788018739; 1788015800; 1788018737; 9781788015806
• Related ISBNs: 9781788011464
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