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Biomateriomics refers to the holistic study of biological material systems. We can predict the performance of engineered materials in engineered systems, but there is an inherent disconnect when investigating Nature’s materials, with little understanding of how functionality arises from both the material and complex structure with properties and interactions across scales. New developments enable a new perspective through the convergence of many scientific disciplines, and advancements in nanotechnology empower us to investigate material systems from the “bottom-up”. If we hope to learn from Nature, we need a new holistic perspective: an “omic” approach. We begin with a definition and introduction of biomateriomics, presenting the emerging field with the associated scope, and thematic paradigms, to the tools required for investigations, to ongoing and future applications.

All sciences are connected; they lend each other material aid as parts of one great whole, each doing its own work, not for itself alone, but for the other parts; as the eye guides the body and the foot sustains it and leads it from place to place.

Roger Bacon, Opus Tertium (1266–1268)

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Notes

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    We note that the reductionist approach of science (studying the trees) has continuing success in the explanation of fundamental phenomena in physics, chemistry, and biology, and the current discussion is not intended to be a criticism, but rather a complementary perspective.

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    The third revolution: the convergence of the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering, http://web.mit.edu/dc/Policy/MIT%20White%20Paper%20on%20Convergence.pdf.

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Cranford, S.W., Buehler, M.J. (2012). Introduction. In: Biomateriomics. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 165. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1611-7_1

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