Bioinspiration

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Bioinspired Nanoscale Water Channel and its Potential Applications

   • Haiping Fang, Chunlei Wang, Rongzheng Wan, Hangjun Lu, Yusong Tu, Peng Xiu

   Pages 1-55

3. Survival from the Cold Winter: Freezing and Ice Crystallization Inhibition by Antifreeze Proteins

   • Ning Du, Guoyang William Toh, Xiang Yang Liu

   Pages 57-105

4. Biomineralization: Mechanisms of Hydroxyapatite Crystal Growth

   • Kazuo Onuma, Toru Tsuji, Mayumi Iijima

   Pages 107-134

5. Biomineralization: Apatite Protein Interaction

   • Toru Tsuji, Mayumi Iijima, Kazuo Onuma

   Pages 135-159

6. Biomineralization: Tooth Enamel Formation

   • Mayumi Iijima, Kazuo Onuma, Toru Tsuji

   Pages 161-188

7. Amorphous Calcium Carbonate: Synthesis and Transformation

   • Jun Jiang, Min-Rui Gao, Yun-Fei Xu, Shu-Hong Yu

   Pages 189-220

8. Modeling of Biomineralization and Structural Color Biomimetics by Controlled Colloidal Assembly

   • Xiang Yang Liu, Ying Ying Diao

   Pages 221-274

9. Photonic Structures for Coloration in the Biological World

   • Jian Zi, Biqin Dong, Tianrong Zhan, Xiaohan Liu

   Pages 275-329

10. Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Beyond Lotus Effect

    • X. D. Zhao, G. Q. Xu, X. Y. Liu

    Pages 331-378

11. Back Matter

    Pages 379-387

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Methods in bioinspiration and biomimicking have been around for a long time. However, due to current advances in modern physical, biological sciences, and technologies, our understanding of the methods have evolved to a new level. This is due not only to the identification of mysterious and fascinating phenomena but also to the understandings of the correlation between the structural factors and the performance based on the latest theoretical, modeling, and experimental technologies. Bioinspiration: From Nano to Micro Scale provides readers with a broad view of the frontiers of research in the area of bioinspiration from the nano to macroscopic scales, particularly in the areas of biomineralization, antifreeze protein, and antifreeze effect. It also covers such methods as the lotus effect and superhydrophobicity, structural colors in animal kingdom and beyond, as well as behavior in ion channels. A number of international experts in related fields have contributed to this book, which offers a comprehensive and synergistic look into challenging issues such as theoretical modeling, advanced surface probing, and fabrication. The book also provides a link to the engineering of novel advanced materials playing an important role in advancing technologies in various fields.

• amorphous calcium carbonate synthesis
• antifreeze proteins
• behavioral ecology
• bioinspiration and biomimicking
• hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity
• ice nucleation inhibition
• monitoring pathological crystallization

• Faculty of Sciences, Dept. of Physics, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

  Xiang Yang Liu

Associate Professor Xiang-Yang Liu works in the Physics department at the National University of Singapore. His research interests are in biophysics, micro/nano structure formation and engineering, as well as crystallization/molecular assembly and hybrid materials. He is the Managing Editor for the journal, Biophysical Reviews and Letters. He has published a Springer monograph and more than 120 peer-reviewed papers, including 17 in top journals such as Nature.

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