Extreme Biomimetics
This book discusses the current direction of the research approach to extreme biomimetics through biological materials-inspired chemistry and its applications in modern technology and medicine. It is a resource covering topics of extreme (psychrophi
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Extreme Biomimetics
Extreme Biomimetics
Hermann Ehrlich Editor
Extreme Biomimetics
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Editor Hermann Ehrlich Institute of Experimental Physics TU Bergakademie Freiberg Freiberg, Sachsen Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-45338-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-45340-8
ISBN 978-3-319-45340-8
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Dedicated to Joanna Aizenberg
Preface
Extreme Biomimetics is a novel interdisciplinary scientific direction of modern biomimetics proposed for the first time in 2010; and is currently a vibrant area of research. It was born at the crossroads between such scientific disciplines as Prebiotic Chemistry and Mineralogy, Astrobiology, Evolutionary Biology, Hydrothermal Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Exobiology. These in turn include scientific directions such as the Primordial Soup Theory, the Origin and Evolution of Life, and Extreme Biomineralization (Fig. 1). To delve into these fields, radical rethinking was necessary, one that explores unusual and very unique chemical and biochemical scenarios. Such studies could lead to both a better understanding of the origin of life under harsh environmental conditions, and to new approaches for designing new composite materials with entirely novel physicochemical properties. Today, Extreme Biomimetics is well on track as a powerful approach, and a milestone for modern biological materials inspired chemistry. This is particularly true where there is strong interest in the combination of various inorganic nano-organized structures with biological macromolecules; as well as using such macromolecules as templates and scaffolds. In contrast to traditional aspects of biomimetic synthesis of these hybrid mate
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