Introduction to Biological Materials Science
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 23. January 2030
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-3-527-32971-7 (ISBN)
Description
This first textbook dedicated to the topic, written by a pioneer in the field, explains the principles of Nature's bottom-up engineering of biological materials, such as tissues, teeth, muscles, bones and tendons. He adopts a didactic approach and content structure to reflect the design principles, introducing basic biological, chemical, physical and materials science concepts essential to the understanding of the relationship between structure, properties and function in biological materials. Chapters dedicated to the elementary physical interactions and molecular building blocks, from simple sugars to complex, folded protein structures, provide the knowledge base for such advanced topics as the self-assembly of biological materials, the tuning of their properties and their processing. Case studies on important biological materials illustrate questions such as "How do plants move?", "What limits muscle performance?", and "How does the gecko effect work?"
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
150 s/w Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-527-32971-7 (9783527329717)
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Persons
Peter Fratzl is Director at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany. He received an engineering degree from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France, and a PhD in Physics from the University of Vienna, Austria. Before moving to Potsdam in 2003, he held professor positions at Universities in Vienna and Leoben in Austria. Peter Fratzl has received several scientific awards, including the Max Planck Research Award 2008 and the Leibniz Prize of the German Science Foundation in 2010. Matthew Harrington is an independent researcher in the Department of Biomaterials at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, and recipient of a Humboldt Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers. He received his PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, for a work on molecular-level structure-property relationships in the byssal threads of marine mussels.
Content
WHAT IS BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS SCIENCE? Introduction to the Field Hierarchy: Understanding Adaptations at Different Length Scales, Bottom-Up Engineering and the Building Blocks Multifunctionality as an Evolutionary Design Paradigm ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS Strong and Weak Interactions Hydrogen Bonding Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Forces Charge-Charge Interactions Covalent Bonding/Coordination Complexes MOLECULAR AND PRIMARY STRUCTURES: BUILDING BLOCKS Synthesis and Processing of Proteins and Sugars, Chitin and Cellulose Protein Side Groups and their Properties SECONDARY => QUARTERNARY STRUCTURE Protein Secondary Structure and Folding: alpha, beta, PPII, coiled coil Ramachandran Plots SELF-ASSEMBLY OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS Liquid Crystal Coacervate Actin, Collagen Fibrils, Virus, Polymerization Models, Microtubules MATERIALS PROPERTIES AND BEHAVIOR Mechanics Optics Adhesion Multifunctionality TUNING MATERIALS PROPERTIES/ POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS AND PROCESSING Crosslinking Hidden Lengths Interface Design Porosity Nanocomposite Design Mineralization BIOMIMETICS CASE STUDIES Why Does None not Break more Often? Why is Cornea Transparent? How Does a Plant Move? How Do Mussels Stay Attached to Surfaces on the Wave-Swept Rocky Seashore? How Does Nature Create Polymers as Hard as Mineral? How Do Structural Colors Originate? What Limits Muscle Performance? How Does a Spider Web Stop an Insect Midflight? Gecko and Lotus Effect