Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry: Reverse-Engineering Nature

526 Pages·2012·10.74 MB·English

by  Gerhard Swiegers, Jean-Marie Lehn, Janine Benyus

BIOINSPIRATION
AND BIOMIMICRY
IN CHEMISTRY

BIOINSPIRATION
AND BIOMIMICRY
IN CHEMISTRY
REVERSE-ENGINEERING NATURE
Editedby
Gerhard F. Swiegers
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1. Biomimicry. 2. Biomimetics. 3. Biomedicalengineering. 4. Biomedical
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CONTENTS
Foreword xvii
Jean-MarieLehn
Foreword xix
JanineBenyus
Preface xxiii
Contributors xxv
1. Introduction: The Concept of Biomimicry and Bioinspiration
in Chemistry 1
TimothyW.HanksandGerhardF.Swiegers
1.1 What is Biomimicry and Bioinspiration? 1
1.2 Why Seek Inspiration from, or Replicate Biology? 3
1.2.1 Biomimicry and Bioinspiration as a Means
of Learning from Nature and Reverse-Engineering
from Nature 3
1.2.2 Biomimicry and Bioinspiration as a Test of Our
Understanding of Nature 4
1.2.3 Going Beyond Biomimicry and
Bioinspiration 4
1.3 Other Monikers: Bioutilization, Bioextraction, Bioderivation,
and Bionics 5
1.4 Biomimicry and Sustainability 5
1.5 Biomimicry and Nanostructure 7
1.6 Bioinspiration and Structural Hierarchies 9
1.7 Bioinspiration and Self-Assembly 11
1.8 Bioinspiration and Function 12
1.9 Future Perspectives: Drawing Inspiration from the Complex
System that is Nature 13
References 14
vii
viii CONTENTS
2. Bioinspired Self-Assembly I: Self-Assembled Structures 17
LeonardF.Lindoy,ChristopherRichardson,andJackK.Clegg
2.1 Introduction 17
2.2 Molecular Clefts, Capsules, and Cages 19
2.2.1 Organic Cage Systems 21
2.2.2 Metallosupramolecular Cage Systems 24
2.3 Enzyme Mimics and Models: The Example of Carbonic
Anhydrase 28
2.4 Self-Assembled Liposome-Like Systems 30
2.5 Ion Channel Mimics 32
2.6 Base-Pairing Structures 34
2.7 DNA–RNA Structures 36
2.8 Bioinspired Frameworks 38
2.9 Conclusion 41
References 41
3. Bioinspired Self-Assembly II: Principles of Cooperativity
in Bioinspired Self-Assembling Systems 47
GianfrancoErcolaniandLucaSchiaffino
3.1 Introduction 47
3.2 Statistical Factors in Self-Assembly 48
3.3 Allosteric Cooperativity 50
3.4 Effective Molarity 52
3.5 Chelate Cooperativity 55
3.6 Interannular Cooperativity 60
3.7 Stability of an Assembly 62
3.8 Conclusion 67
References 67
4. Bioinspired Molecular Machines 71
ChristopherR.Benson,AndrewI.Share,andAmarH.Flood
4.1 Introduction 71
4.1.1 Inspirational Antecedents: Biology, Engineering,
and Chemistry 72