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Engineered Living Materials: Engineered Living Materials: Prospects and Challenges for Using Biological Systems to Direct the Assembly of Smart Materials (Adv. Mater. 19/2018)
Author(s) -
Nguyen Peter Q.,
Courchesne NoémieManuelle Dorval,
DurajThatte Anna,
Praveschotinunt Pichet,
Joshi Neel S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201870134
Subject(s) - materials science , nanotechnology , polystyrene , biofilm , biological materials , cover (algebra) , polymer science , biochemical engineering , mechanical engineering , composite material , polymer , biology , engineering , bacteria , genetics
The world in a biofilm: in article number 1704847 , Neel S. Joshi and co‐workers present a detailed review of the rapidly emerging field of engineered living materials (ELMs), in which living cells assimilate resources from their surroundings to create materials with programmed functions. The inside back cover shows an Escherichia coli biofilm growing on the surface of a polystyrene bead, by scanning electron microscopy. Image credit: Seth Kroll and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.