Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry

The Contributors
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Concept of Biomimicry and Bioinspiration in Chemistry
Timothy W. Hanks and Gerhard F. Swiegers
Chapter 2. Bioinspired Self-Assembly I: Self-Assembled Structures
Leonard F. Lindoy, Christopher Richardson, and Jack K. Clegg
Chapter 3. Bioinspired Self-Assembly II: Principles of Cooperativity in Bioinspired Self-Assembling Systems
Gianfranco Ercolani and Luca Schiaffino
Chapter 4. Bioinspired Molecular Machines
Christopher R. Benson, Andrew I. Share, and Amar H. Flood
Chapter 5. Bioinspired Materials Chemistry I: Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites
Pilar Aranda, Francisco M. Fernandes, Bernd Wicklein, Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky, Jonathan P. Hill and Katsuhiko Ariga
Chapter 6. Bioinspired Materials Chemistry II: Biomineralization as Inspiration for Materials Chemistry
Fabio Nudelman and Nico A. J. Sommerdijk
Chapter 7. Bioinspired Catalysis
Gerhard F. Swiegers, Jun Chen and Pawel Wagner
Chapter 8. Biomimetic Amphiphiles and Vesicles
Sabine Himmelein and Bart Jan Ravoo
Chapter 9. Bioinspired Surfaces I: Gecko-Foot Mimetic Adhesion
Liangti Qu, Yan Li and Liming Dai
Chapter 10. Bioinspired Surfaces II: Bioinspired Photonic Materials
Cun Zhu and Zhong-Ze Gu
Chapter 11. Biomimetic Principles in Macromolecular Science
Wolfgang H. Binder, Marlen Schunack, Florian Herbst and Bhanuprathap Pulamagatta
Chapter 12. Biomimetic Cavities and Bioinspired Receptors
Stéphane Le Gac, Ivan Jabin and Olivia Reinaud
Chapter 13. Bioinspired Dendritic Light Harvesting Systems
Andrea M. Della Pelle and S. Thayumanavan
Chapter 14. Biomimicry in Organic Synthesis
Reinhard W. Hoffmann
Chapter 15. Conclusion and Future Perspective: Drawing Inspiration from the Complex System that is Nature
Clyde W. Cady, David M. Robinson. Paul F. Smith, and Gerhard F. Swiegers
Index