This first comprehensive overview of the modern aspects of biomineralization represents life and materials science at its best: Bioinspired pathways are the hot topics in many disciplines and this holds especially true for biomineralization. Here, the editors -- well-known members of associations and prestigious institutes -- have assembled an international team of renowned authors to provide first-hand research results. This second volume deals with biometic model systems in biomineralization, including the biomineral approach to bionics, bioinspired materials synthesis and bio-supported materials chemistry, encapsulation and the imaging of internal nanostructures of biominerals. An interdisciplinary must-have account, for biochemists, bioinorganic chemists, lecturers in chemistry and biochemistry, materials scientists, biologists, and solid state physicists.
| ISBN: | 9783527318056 |
| Publication date: | 14th January 2009 |
| Author: | Stephen Mann |
| Publisher: | Blackwell Verlag GmbH an imprint of Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 443 pages |
| Genres: |
Biochemistry Chemistry of minerals, crystals and gems |