TY - CHAP AU - Ferman A. Chavez AU - Atanu Banerjee AU - Bojan Sljivic ED - Assoc. Lilyana D. Pramatarova Y1 - 2011-08-29 PY - 2011 T1 - Modeling the Metal Binding Site in Cupin Proteins N2 - Bio-mimicry is fundamental idea ‘How to mimic the Nature’ by various methodologies as well as new ideas or suggestions on the creation of novel materials and functions. This book comprises seven sections on various perspectives of bio-mimicry in our life; Section 1 gives an overview of modeling of biomimetic materials; Section 2 presents a processing and design of biomaterials; Section 3 presents various aspects of design and application of biomimetic polymers and composites are discussed; Section 4 presents a general characterization of biomaterials; Section 5 proposes new examples for biomimetic systems; Section 6 summarizes chapters, concerning cells behavior through mimicry; Section 7 presents various applications of biomimetic materials are presented. Aimed at physicists, chemists and biologists interested in biomineralization, biochemistry, kinetics, solution chemistry. This book is also relevant to engineers and doctors interested in research and construction of biomimetic systems. BT - On Biomimetics SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/18262 DO - 10.5772/18262 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -