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As outlined in the introduction, an important part of the work in this thesis deals with the integration of biological systems and processes in technology. In order to understand what the implications of this are, and what it means on a practical level, it is of interest to discuss what the intermingling of biology and technology consists of. In this chapter, I will try to present some aspects of how nanotechnology brings biology into the realm of technology, in ways that to a certain extent are different from the bioscience of the late 20th century.
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Hannestad, J. (2013). Being Bioinspired. In: Fluorescence in Bio-inspired Nanotechnology. Springer Theses. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01068-7_2
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