Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry

摘要

The most advanced chemical laboratories on our planet exist in the cells and structures of living organisms. Nature performs an astonishing range of selective syntheses and transformations of both organic and inorganic systems and, what is more, it achieves this under ambient conditions. It is not surprising, therefore, that research groups across the world strive to understand and emulate natural chemical processes. "Bioinspired" or "biomi-metic" chemistry is flourishing and this new book is ideally timed to overview this broad and diverse field.