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Using Biological Inspiration to Engineer Functional Nanostructured Materials
Author(s) -
Wendell David W.,
Patti Jordan,
Montemagno Carlo D.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200600019
Subject(s) - biomimetics , nanotechnology , biomimetic materials , nanoscopic scale , work (physics) , materials science , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering
Humans have always looked to nature for design inspiration, and material design on the molecular level is no different. Here we explore how this idea applies to nanoscale biomimicry, specifically examining both recent advances and our own work on engineering lipid and polymer membrane systems with cellular processes.