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Learning from Marine Creatures How to Design Micro-Lenses

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Learning from Nature How to Design New Implantable Biomaterialsis: From Biomineralization Fundamentals to Biomimetic Materials and Processing Routes

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry ((NAII,volume 171))

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Multidisciplinary groups involving materials scientists, chemists, physicists, biologists work togehter trying to understand the mechanisms controlling the formation of elaborate structure of biological minerals. We believe that further studies of biological systems will increase our understanding of how organisms evolved their sophisticated optical structures for survival and adaptation and will provide additional materials concepts and design solutions. Ultimately, these biological principles will improve our current capabilities to fabricate optical elements and contribute to the construction of novel, adaptive, micro-scale optical devices.

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  1. Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies, 600 Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ, 07974, USA

    J. Aizenberg

  2. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA

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  2. Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

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Aizenberg, J., Hendler, G. (2004). Learning from Marine Creatures How to Design Micro-Lenses. In: Reis, R.L., Weiner, S. (eds) Learning from Nature How to Design New Implantable Biomaterialsis: From Biomineralization Fundamentals to Biomimetic Materials and Processing Routes. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 171. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2648-X_9

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