New Materials through Bioinspiration and Nanoscience

摘要

It was recognized a long time ago that new material functionalities emerge from the assembly of nanoscale objects. Indeed, optical or mechanical properties are largely determined at this length scale. The last decades have brought many new approaches to manipulate objects at this fine, earlier unapproachable, size. This length scale is also the one that living cells-themselves spanning the microscale-control in an exquisite way, giving rise to elaborate materials with optimized designs, architectures, properties and functionalities. It is, therefore, not surprising that nanoscience is increasingly turning to natural materials for inspiration. This has led to a very logical convergence of the nanosciences with bioinspired materials sciences.