Open AccessMaterials Taking a Lesson from Nature
Author(s) -
Liangfei Tian,
Emmanuel Croisier,
Holger Frauenrath
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2013.782
Subject(s) - toolbox , nanotechnology , supramolecular chemistry , nanostructure , computer science , soft materials , materials science , chemistry , molecule , programming language , organic chemistry
Structural biomaterials with their often extraordinary properties and versatile functions are typically constructed from very limited sets of building blocks and types of supramolecular interactions. In this review we discuss how, inspired by nature's design principles for protein-based materials, oligopeptide-modified polymers can be used as a versatile toolbox to program nanostructure and hierarchical structure formation in synthetic materials.