Biotemplating : complex structures from natural materials /
In terms of structural complexity, the natural world presents innumerable examples of stunning beauty and high functionality, usually with the minimum of material and energy expenditure. Materials chemists can harness these amazing structures as ready-made scaffolds on which to grow inorganic phases...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ :
Imperial College Press,
[2009]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In terms of structural complexity, the natural world presents innumerable examples of stunning beauty and high functionality, usually with the minimum of material and energy expenditure. Materials chemists can harness these amazing structures as ready-made scaffolds on which to grow inorganic phases which replicate the underlying complexity, thereby producing materials with greatly enhanced physical properties. This book comprehensively describes the entire range of natural materials that have been used in this way and the inorganic phases which result from them. The book covers simple molecul. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848164048 1848164041 9781613440834 1613440839 |