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Biomimetic Polymers (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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Biomimetic Polymers (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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The term biomimetic is comparatively new on the chemical scene, but
the concept has been utilized by chemists for many years.
Furthermore, the basic idea of making a synthetic material that can
imitate the func tions of natural materials probably could be
traced back into antiquity. From the dawn of creation, people have
probably attempted to duplicate or modify the activities of the
natural world. (One can even find allusions to these attempts in
the Bible; e. g., Genesis 30. ) The term "mimetic" means to imitate
or mimic. The word "mimic" means to copy closely, or to imitate
accurately. Biomimetic, which has not yet entered most
dictionaries, means to imitate or mimic some specific bio logical
function. Usually, the objective of biomimetics is to form some
useful material without the need of utilizing living systems. In a
simi lar manner, the term biomimetic polymers means creating
synthetic poly mers which imitate the activity of natural bioactive
polymers. This is a major advance in polymer chemistry because the
natural bioactive polymers are the basis of life itself. Thus,
biomimetic polymers imitate the life process in many ways. This
present volume delineates some of the recent progress being made in
this vast field of biomimetic polymers. Chemists have been making
biomimetic polymers for more than fifty years, although this term
wasn't used in the early investigations."
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