Marc André Meyers, Po-Yu Chen

Biological Materials Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Takes a materials science approach, correlating structure-property relationships with function across a broad range of biological materials.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 648
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1590g
• ISBN-13: 9781107010451
• ISBN-10: 1107010454
• Artikelnr.: 41399545

Autorenporträt

Marc André Meyers, Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego, is the author or co-author of three other books and approximately 400 papers. The recipient of important awards from Europe (Humboldt Senior Scientist Award and J. S. Rinehart Award), China (Lee Hsun Lecture Award; Visiting Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and the US (Acta Materialia Materials and Society Award, TMS Educator Award, SMD/TMS Distinguished Scientist and Distinguished Service Awards, ASM Albert Sauveur Award, ASM Albert Easton White Award), he is a fellow of TMS, APS and ASM, and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He is also the author of three fiction novels.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Evolution of materials science and engineering: from natural to bioinspired materials
Part I. Basic Biology Principles: 2. Self assembly, hierarchy, and evolution
3. Basic building blocks
4. Cells
5. Biomineralization
Part II. Biological Materials: 6. Silicate and calcium carbonate-based composites
7. Calcium phosphate-based composites
8. Biological polymers and polymer composites
9. Biological elastomers
10. Biological foams (porous solids)
11. Functional biological materials
Part III. Bioinspired Materials and Biomimetics: 12. Bioinspired materials
13. Molecular-based biomimetics.