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Inside Cover: (ChemSusChem 10/2011)
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201190041
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , citation , computer science , nanotechnology , energy (signal processing) , sustainable energy , world wide web , engineering , materials science , mechanical engineering , physics , electrical engineering , renewable energy , quantum mechanics
Nature is a great school for materials science. Materials found in nature have many inspiring structures, such as hierarchical organizations, periodic architectures, or nanostructures, which endow them with amazing functions, such as energy harvesting and conversion, antireflection, or others. Biotemplated materials with structural specialty, complexity, and related unique functions could be applied for areas of energy and environment technologies with enhanced performances. Furthermore, many useful prototypes of nature could be used for the biomimetic design of novel materials or systems for a sustainable world.