Biotemplating : complex structures from natural materials / Simon R. Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Simon R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioengineering.

Biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Complex structures from natural materials

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Imperial College Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In terms of structural complexity, the natural world presents innumerable examples of stunning beauty and high functionality, usually with the minimum of material and energy expenditure. Materials chemists can harness these amazing structures as ready-made scaffolds on which to grow inorganic phases which replicate the underlying complexity, thereby producing materials with greatly enhanced physical properties. This book comprehensively describes the entire range of natural materials that have been used in this way and the inorganic phases which result from them. The book covers simple molecul

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Simple Mono- and Oligosaccharides; 3. Complex Polysaccharides; 4. Hydrocolloids; 5. Chitin/Chitosan; 6. Proteins and Lipids; 7. Viruses and Bacteria; 8. Complex Biostructures as Templates; 9. Into the Future - Genetic Engineering and Beyond; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612441721

9781282441729

1282441728

9781613440834

1613440839

9781848164048

1848164041

OCLC:

608678941