A View on Bio-inspiration / Chapter 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Context/Motivation / 1.2: |
Rio-inspiration / 1.2.1: |
Biotechnology vs. Bib-inspiration / 1.2.2: |
Challenges for Science and Technology / 1.3: |
The Need for a Framework / 1.4: |
Biological Principles / 1.4.1: |
Science and Technology to Mission Capability / 1.5: |
Conclusion / 1.6: |
References |
Investment Approaches / Chapter 2: |
Effect of Globalization on Investment / 2.1: |
Overview of Investment by Key Countries / 2.3: |
United States / 2.3.1: |
United Kingdom / 2.3.2: |
European Union / 2.3.3: |
China / 2.3.4: |
India / 2.3.5: |
Japan / 2.3.6: |
Russia / 2.3.7: |
Future Trends / 2.4: |
Conceptual Approach / 2.5: |
Operational Requirements and Concepts of Operation / 3.1: |
Conceptual Goal / 3.3: |
Enabling Technologies / 3.4: |
Collection and Sampling / 3.4.1: |
Structures / 3.4.2: |
Receptors and Surfaces / 3.4.3: |
Sensing and Transduction / 3.4.4: |
Processing and Communication / 3.4.5: |
Power and Energy / 3.4.6: |
A Larger Vision of the SASS Concept / 3.5: |
Structure / 3.6: |
Themes in Biological Systems / 4.1: |
Hierarchical Structures / 4.2.1: |
Bottom-up vs. Top-down Approach to Fabrication / 4.2.2: |
Multifunctional Materials / 4.2.3: |
Structural Parameters / 4.3: |
Scale / 4.3.1: |
Function / 4.3.2: |
Biological Joining Technologies / 4.4: |
Velcro / 4.4.1: |
Toe Pad Adhesion / 4.4.2: |
Self-healing Materials / 4.5: |
Superhydrophobic Surfaces / 4.6: |
Materials / 4.7: |
Approaches to Collection and Sampling / 4.8: |
Collection and Sampling Tools / 5.2.1: |
Natural Sampling System û Olfaction / 5.3: |
Bio-inspired Sampling System - Electronic Nose / 5.4: |
Rio-inspired Materials for Collection and Sampling / 5.5: |
Molecularly Imprinted Polymers / 5.5.1: |
High Surface Area, Highly Porous Materials / 5.5.2: |
Polysilsesquioxanes / 5.5.3: |
Dendrimers / 5.5.4: |
Polymer Nanofibres / 5.5.5: |
Bio-inspired/Biomimetic Collection and Sampling Systems / 5.6: |
Biomimetic Air Sampling / 5.6.1: |
Water Collection and Transport (Thorny Devil) / 5.6.2: |
Optimized/Controlled Fluid Flow / 5.6.3: |
Natural Receptors / 5. 7: |
Antibodies / 6.2.1: |
Other Bio-derived Molecular Bioprobes / 6.2.2: |
Synthetic Ligands / 6.2.3: |
Functionalized Surfaces / 6.3: |
Virus Particles as Scaffolds / 6.3.1: |
Lipid Bilayers / 6.3.2: |
Hydrogels / 6.3.3: |
Nanoarrays with Bio-inspired Nanocorals / 6.3.4: |
On the Horizon: Molecular Biomimetics / 6.4: |
Transduction Defined / 6.5: |
Select Examples of Sensing and Transduction Approaches / 7.3: |
Optica / 7.3.1: |
Mass-based and Spectroscopic Methods / 7.3.2: |
Piezoelectric / 7.3.3: |
Electrochemical / 7.3.4: |
Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) / 7.3.5: |
Magnetic / 7.3.6: |
Emerging Transduction Technologies / 7.3.7: |
Microfabrication and Lab on a Chip Technologies / 7.3.8: |
Biomimetic and Bio-inspired Sensing Technologies / 7.5: |
Smart Materials in Sensing and Transduction / 7.5.1: |
Sensing Technologies / 7.5.2: |
Energy and Power / 7.6: |
Energy Sources / 8.1: |
Energy in a Natural System / 8.2.1: |
Solar Energy / 8.2.2: |
Photosynthesis / 8.2.3: |
Artificial Photosynthesis / 8.2.4: |
Fuel Cells / 8.2.5: |
Towards Autonomy: Self-sustaining Systems / 8.3: |
Space Exploration / 8.4: |
Processing and Communications / 8.5: |
Parallel Computing / 9.1: |
Natural Computing / 9.2.2: |
Molecular Computing / 9.3: |
Cognition / 9.4: |
Applications / 9.5: |
Sensor Networks / 9.5.1: |
Insect Sensory Systems / 9.6: |
Collision Avoidance/Motion Detection Systems / 9.6.1: |
Bio-inspired Networking / 9.7: |
Bio-inspired Network Routing Protocols / 9.7.1: |
Issues / 9.8: |
The Sass Approach / 9.9: |
Design and Manufacture / 10.1: |
Bioengineering / 10.2.1: |
Additive Manufacturing / 10.2.2: |
Component Level / 10.3: |
System Level / 10.3.2: |
System of Systems Level / 10.3.3: |
Range of Applications / 10.3.4: |
Societal Implications / 10.4: |
Concluding Remarks / 10.5: |
Subject Index |
A View on Bio-inspiration / Chapter 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Context/Motivation / 1.2: |