Abstract
Necessitated by the complexity of biological materials, understanding the relationships between material structure and function, and Nature’s persistent use of universality, cooperativity, and multiscale hierarchies, biomateriomics unifies efforts to understand and ultimately exploit “Nature’s secrets”. Indeed, with a keen eye and a new holistic perspective, we recognize glimpses of materiomics in current research, unlocking novel functional materials, both biological and synthetic.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
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Materials Genome Initiative for Global Competitiveness, http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/24/materials-genome-initiative-renaissance-american-manufacturing.
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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). The Future of Biomateriomics. In: Biomateriomics. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 165. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1611-7_11
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