Bioinspiration and biomimicry in chemistry reverse-engineering nature /

Bioinspiration and biomimicry in chemistry [electronic resource] : reverse-engineering nature / edited by Gerhard F. Swiegers.

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"Through billions of years of evolution, Nature has generated some remarkable systems and substances that have made life on earth what it is today. Increasingly, scientists are seeking to mimic Nature's systems and processes in the lab in order to harness the power of Nature for the benefi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Wiley)
Other Authors: Swiegers, Gerhard F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2012.
Subjects:
Biomimicry.
Biomimetics.
Biomedical engineering.
Biomedical materials.
Table of Contents:
  • Note continued: 13.3.2. Charge Transfer in Dendrimers
  • 13.4. Light-Harvesting Dendrimers in Clean Energy Technologies
  • 13.5. Conclusion
  • References
  • 14. Biomimicry in Organic Synthesis / Reinhard W. Hoffmann
  • 14.1. Introduction
  • 14.2. Biomimetic Synthesis of Natural Products
  • 14.2.1. Potentially Biomimetic Synthesis
  • 14.3. Biomimetic Reactions in Organic Synthesis
  • 14.4. Biomimetic Considerations as an Aid in Structural Assignment
  • 14.5. Reflections on Biomimicry in Organic Synthesis
  • References
  • 15. Conclusion and Future Perspectives: Drawing Inspiration from the Complex System that Is Nature / Gerhard F. Swiegers
  • 15.1. Introduction: Nature as a Complex System
  • 15.2. Common Features of Complex Systems and the Aims of Systems Chemistry
  • 15.3. Examples of Research in Systems Chemistry
  • 15.3.1. Self-Replication, Amplification, and Feedback
  • 15.3.2. Emergence, Evolution, and the Origin of Life
  • 15.3.3. Autonomy and Autonomous Agents: Examples of Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems
  • 15.4. Conclusion: Systems Chemistry may have Implications in Other Fields
  • References.
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: The Concept of Biomimicry and Bioinspiration in Chemistry / Gerhard F. Swiegers
  • 1.1. What is Biomimicry and Bioinspiration-- 1.2. Why Seek Inspiration from, or Replicate Biology-- 1.2.1. Biomimicry and Bioinspiration as a Means of Learning from Nature and Reverse-Engineering from Nature
  • 1.2.2. Biomimicry and Bioinspiration as a Test of Our Understanding of Nature
  • 1.2.3. Going Beyond Biomimicry and Bioinspiration
  • 1.3. Other Monikers: Bioutilization, Bioextraction, Bioderivation, and Bionics
  • 1.4. Biomimicry and Sustainability
  • 1.5. Biomimicry and Nanostructure
  • 1.6. Bioinspiration and Structural Hierarchies
  • 1.7. Bioinspiration and Self-Assembly
  • 1.8. Bioinspiration and Function
  • 1.9. Future Perspectives: Drawing Inspiration from the Complex System that is Nature
  • References
  • 2. Bioinspired Self-Assembly I: Self-Assembled Structures / Jack K. Clegg
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Molecular Clefts, Capsules, and Cages
  • 2.2.1. Organic Cage Systems
  • 2.2.2. Metallosupramolecular Cage Systems
  • 2.3. Enzyme Mimics and Models: The Example of Carbonic Anhydrase
  • 2.4. Self-Assembled Liposome-Like Systems
  • 2.5. Ion Channel Mimics
  • 2.6. Base-Pairing Structures
  • 2.7. DNA-RNA Structures
  • 2.8. Bioinspired Frameworks
  • 2.9. Conclusion
  • References
  • 3. Bioinspired Self-Assembly II: Principles of Cooperativity in Bioinspired Self-Assembling Systems / Luca Schiaffino
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Statistical Factors in Self-Assembly
  • 3.3. Allosteric Cooperativity
  • 3.4. Effective Molarity
  • 3.5. Chelate Cooperativity
  • 3.6. Interannular Cooperativity
  • 3.7. Stability of an Assembly
  • 3.8. Conclusion
  • References
  • 4. Bioinspired Molecular Machines / Amar H. Flood
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.1.1. Inspirational Antecedents: Biology, Engineering, and Chemistry
  • 4.1.2. Chemical Integration
  • 4.1.3. Chapter Overview
  • 4.2. Mechanical Effects in Biological Machines
  • 4.2.1. Skeletal Muscle's Structure and Function
  • 4.2.2. Kinesin
  • 4.2.3. F1-ATP Synthase
  • 4.2.4. Common Features of Biological Machines
  • 4.2.5. Variation in Biomotors
  • 4.2.6. Descriptions and Analogies of Molecular Machines
  • 4.3. Theoretical Considerations: Flashing Ratchets
  • 4.4. Sliding Machines
  • 4.4.1. Linear Machines: Rotaxanes
  • 4.4.2. Mechanistic Insights: Ex Situ and In Situ (Maxwell's Demon)
  • 4.4.3. Bioinspiration in Rotaxanes
  • 4.4.4. Molecular Muscles as Length Changes
  • 4.5. Rotary Motors
  • 4.5.1. Interlocked Rotary Machines: Catenanes
  • 4.5.2. Unimolecular Rotating Machines
  • 4.6. Moving Larger Scale Objects
  • 4.7. Walking Machines
  • 4.8. Ingenious Machines
  • 4.8.1. Molecular Machines Inspired by Macroscopic Ones: Scissors and Elevators
  • 4.8.2. Artificial Motility at the Nanoscale
  • 4.8.3. Moving Molecules Across Surfaces
  • 4.9. Using Synthetic Bioinspired Machines in Biology
  • 4.10. Perspective
  • 4.10.1. Lessons and Departures from Biological Molecular Machines
  • 4.10.2. Next Steps in Bioinspired Molecular Machinery
  • 4.11. Conclusion
  • References
  • 5. Bioinspired Materials Chemistry I: Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites / Katsuhiko Ariga
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Silicate-Based Bionanocomposites as Bioinspired Systems
  • 5.3. Bionanocomposite Foams
  • 5.4. Biomimetic Membranes
  • 5.4.1. Phospholipid-Clay Membranes
  • 5.4.2. Polysaccharide-Clay Bionanocomposites as Support for Viruses
  • 5.5. Hierarchically Layered Composites
  • 5.5.1. Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Composite-Cell Model
  • 5.5.2. Hierarchically Organized Nanocomposites for Sensor and Drug Delivery
  • 5.6. Conclusion
  • References
  • 6. Bioinspired Materials Chemistry II: Biomineralization as Inspiration for Materials Chemistry / Nico A.J.M. Sommerdijk
  • 6.1. Inspiration from Nature
  • 6.2. Learning from Nature
  • 6.3. Applying Lessons from Nature: Synthesis of Biomimetic and Bioinspired Materials
  • 6.3.1. Biomimetic Bone Materials
  • 6.3.2. Semiconductors, Nanoparticles, and Nanowires
  • 6.3.3. Biomimetic Strategies for Silica-Based Materials
  • 6.4. Conclusion
  • References
  • 7. Bioinspired Catalysis / Pawel Wagner
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. General Description of the Operation of Catalysts
  • 7.3. Brief History of Our Understanding of the Operation of Enzymes
  • 7.3.1. Early Proposals: Lock-and-Key Theory, Strain Theory, and Induced Fit Theory
  • 7.3.2. Critical Role of Molecular Recognition in Enzymatic Catalysis: Pauling's Concept of Transition State Complementarity
  • 7.3.3. Critical Role of Approach Trajectories in Enzymatic Catalysis: Orbital Steering, Near Attack Conformers, the Proximity Effect, and Entropy Traps
  • 7.3.4. Critical Role of Conformational Motion in Enzymatic Catalysis: Coupled Protein Motions
  • 7.3.5. Enzymes as Molecular Machines: Dynamic Mechanical Devices and the Entatic State
  • 7.3.6. Fundamental Origin of Machine-like Actions: Mechanical Catalysis
  • 7.4. Representative Studies of Bioinspired/Biomimetic Catalysts
  • 7.4.1. Important General Characteristics of Enzymes as a Class of Catalyst
  • 7.4.2. Bioinspired/Biomimetic Catalysts that Illustrate the Critical Importance of Reactant Approach Trajectories
  • 7.4.3. Bioinspired/Biomimetic Catalysts that Demonstrate the Importance and Limitations of Molecular Recognition
  • 7.4.4. Bioinspired/Biomimetic Catalysts that Operate Like a Mechanical Device
  • 7.5. Relationship Between Enzymatic Catalysis and Nonbiological Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • 7.6. Selected High-Performance NonBiological Catalysts that Exploit Nature's Catalytic Principles
  • 7.6.1. Adapting Model Species of Enzymes to Facilitate Machine-like Catalysis
  • 7.6.2. Statistical Proximity Catalysts
  • 7.7. Conclusion: The Prospects for Harnessing Nature's Catalytic Principles
  • References
  • 8. Biomimetic Amphiphiles and Vesicles / Bart Jan Ravoo
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Synthetic Amphiphiles as Building Blocks for Biomimetic Vesicles
  • 8.3. Vesicle Fusion Induced by Molecular Recognition
  • 8.4. Stimuli-Responsive Shape Control of Vesicles
  • 8.5. Transmembrane Signaling and Chemical Nanoreactors
  • 8.6. Toward Higher Complexity: Vesicles with Subcompartments
  • 8.7. Conclusion
  • References
  • 9. Bioinspired Surfaces I: Gecko-Foot Mimetic Adhesion / Liming Dai
  • 9.1. Hierarchical Structure of Gecko Feet
  • 9.2. Origin of Adhesion in Gecko Setae
  • 9.3. Structural Requirements for Synthetic Dry Adhesives
  • 9.4. Fabrication of Synthetic Dry Adhesives
  • 9.4.1. Polymer-Based Dry Adhesives
  • 9.4.2. Carbon-Nanotube-Based Dry Adhesives
  • 9.5. Outlook
  • References
  • 10. Bioinspired Surfaces II: Bioinspired Photonic Materials / Zhong-Ze Gu
  • 10.1. Structural Color in Nature: From Phenomena to Origin
  • 10.2. Bioinspired Photonic Materials
  • 10.2.1. Fabrication of Photonic Materials
  • 10.2.2. Design and Application of Photonic Materials
  • 10.3. Conclusion and Outlook
  • References
  • 11. Biomimetic Principles in Macromolecular Science / Bhanuprathap Pulamagatta
  • 11.1. Introduction
  • 11.2. Polymer Synthesis Versus Biopolymer Synthesis
  • 11.2.1. Features of Polymer Synthesis
  • 11.2.2. "Living" Chain Growth
  • 11.2.3. Aspects of Chain Length Distribution in Synthetic Polymers: Sequence Specificity and Templating
  • 11.3. Biomimetic Structural Features in Synthetic Polymers
  • 11.3.1. Helically Organized Polymers
  • 11.3.2. β-Sheets
  • 11.3.3. Supramolecular Polymers
  • 11.3.4. Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers
  • 11.4. Movement in Polymers
  • 11.4.1. Polymer Gels and Networks as Chemical Motors
  • 11.4.2. Polymer Brushes and Lubrication
  • 11.4.3. Shape-Memory Polymers
  • 11.5. Antibody-Like Binding and Enzyme-Like Catalysis in Polymeric Networks
  • 11.6. Self-Healing Polymers
  • References
  • 12. Biomimetic Cavities and Bioinspired Receptors / Olivia Reinaud
  • 12.1. Introduction
  • 12.2. Mimics of the Michaelis-Menten Complexes of Zinc(II) Enzymes with Polyimidazolyl Calixarene-Based Ligands
  • 12.2.1. Bis-aqua Zn(II) Complex Modeling the Active Site of Carbonic Anhydrase
  • 12.2.2. Structural Key Features of the Zn(II) Funnel Complexes
  • 12.2.3. Hosting Properties of the.

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