Soft Matter, Biological Materials and Biomedical Materials - Synthesis, Characterization and Applications, Vol. 1301

Zillman Martin

ISBN 10: 160511278X / ISBN 13: 9781605112787

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011

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pp. xii + 293 Illus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Soft Matter, Biological Materials and Biomedical Materials - Synthesis, Characterization and Applications, Vol. 1301
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 160511278X
• ISBN 13: 9781605112787
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Symposium V, 'Harnessing Instabilities in Soft Material Films and Interfaces', Symposium NN, 'Biomineralization and Bioinspired Inorganic and Inorganic/Organic Materials', Symposium OO, 'Multiscale Mechanics of Hierarchical Biological, Bioinspried, and Biomedical Materials', and Symposium PP, 'Materials and Sensors for Biomedical Applications', were held Nov. 29–Dec. 3 at the 2010 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. This volume contains the joint proceedings based on these four symposia. Although organized by separate teams of scientific and engineering researchers, these symposia explore a common theme of how biological and soft material properties may be harnessed to build new structural features or elicit useful structural responses, either to understand the fundamental chemistry and mechanical principles, or to design practical sensors and metrology tools. Challenges in this field are best addressed by interdisciplinary collaborations and communication between various science and engineering disciplines. Building such collaborations was a primary goal of all of the symposia represented in this volume.