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1. Introduction
2. What Does Biology Offer
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Adaptation to the Environment
2.1.2 Amplification of Signals
2.1.3 Atomic Level Control of Structure
2.1.4 Benign Processing
2.1.5 Color
2.1.6 Combinatorial Synthesis
2.1.7 Computation
2.1.8 Conformational Change
2.1.9 Control of Interfaces
2.1.10 Control of Polymer Properties
2.1.11 Energy Conversion
2.1.12 Enzymes
2.1.13 Evolution
2.1.14 Extreme Environments
2.1.15 Hierarchical Construction
2.1.16 Lightweight Materials
2.1.17 Lubricants
2.1.18 Mass Production
2.1.19 Materials Recycling
2.1.20 Membranes
2.1.21 Model Materials for Studies of Basic Materials Physics
2.1.22 Molecular Recognition
2.1.23 Motors, Rotors, Pumps, Transporters, Tractors, Springs, Switches, Ratchets
2.1.24 Multi-Functional Materials
2.1.25 Organic Synthesis
2.1.26 Optical Systems
2.1.27 Self-Assembly
2.1.28 Self Healing, Repair, Damage and Fault Resistance or Tolerance
2.1.29 Signal Transduction
2.1.30 Smart Materials/Sensors
2.1.31 Structural Materials
2.1.32 Systems
2.1.33 Template Directed Synthesis
2.1.34 Transport Systems
3. Self-Assembled, Templated and Hierarchical Structures
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Organic Materials
3.2.1 DNA-Based Materials
3.2.2 Polymer-Organic Hybrid Structures
3.2.3 Lipid-Protein-Nucleic Acid Hybrid Structures
3.2.4 Biomolecular Materials in Microchannels
3.3 Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Structures
3.3.1 Natural Mineralized Tissues
3.3.2 Polymer-Directed Mineralized Composites
3.3.3 DNA-Inorganic Hybrids
3.3.4 Protein-Inorganic Hybrids
3.4 Abiological Molecules Mimicking Biological Structures
3.4.1 Colloidal Particles with a Valence
3.4.2 Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Coatings on Inorganic Materials
4. The Living Cell in Hybrid Materials Systems
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Metabolic Engineering
4.3 Engineering the Cell/Materials Interface
4.4 Artificial Cells
4.5 Model System – Cell-Based Biosensors
5. Biomolecular Functional Systems
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Energy Transducing Membranes and Processes
5.3 Motors, Rotors, Ratchets, Switches
5.4 Enzymes
5.5 Pores, Gates, Channels
6. Promise and Challenges
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