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Synthesis and Design

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Biomateriomics

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Understanding the “materiome” could provide a blueprint for bio-inspired, high performance functional materials. Successful synthesis and design—materiomic engineering—must extend beyond biomimitics and bio-inspired systems, exploit fundamental mechanisms of self-assembly and hierarchies, and integrate widely available building blocks such as amyloid proteins and DNA. The ultimate goal is not to produce one-off nanodevices or precision made materials, but rather materials that can self-assemble and adapt independently, befitting a range of functions from a common set of building blocks and molecular components.

Until man duplicates a blade of grass, Nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.

Thomas Edison (1847–1931)

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    Again, we note the rudimentary airplane of the Wright brothers in 1902 does not compare to the complicated design of a Boeing 787, but it flew nevertheless. In similar fashion, we can currently use the self-assembly processes of Nature in simple, single component or single function systems, with refinement and introduction of complexity in the future.

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Cranford, S.W., Buehler, M.J. (2012). Synthesis and Design. In: Biomateriomics. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 165. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1611-7_10

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