The ongoing process of bio-evolution has produced materials which
are perfectly adapted to fulfil a specific functional role. The
natural world provides us with a multitude of examples of materials
with durability, strength, mechanisms of programmed self-assembly
and biodegradability.
The materials industry has sought to observe and appreciate the
relationship between structure, properties and function of these
biological materials. A multidisciplinary approach, building on
recent advances at the forefront of physics, chemistry and
molecular biology, has been successful in producing many synthetic
structures with interesting and useful properties.
"Structural Biological Materials: Design and Structure-Property
Relationships" represents an invaluable reference in the field of
biological materials science and provides an incisive view into
this rapidly developing and increasingly important topic within
materials science.
This book focuses on the study of three sub-groups of structural
biological materials:
Hard tissue engineering, focussing on cortical bone
Soft tissue engineering
Fibrous materials, particularly engineering with silk
fibers.
The fundamental relationship between structure and properties,
and certain aspects of design and engineering, are explored in each
of the sub-groups. The importance of these materials, both in their
intrinsic properties and specific functions, are illustrated with
relevant examples. These depict the successful integration of
material properties, architecture and shape, providing a wide range
of optimised designs, tailored to specific functions.
Edited by Manuel Elices of the Universidad Politecnica de
Madrid, Spain, this book is Volume 4 in the Pergamon Material
Series.
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