Bioinspired Design and Engineering of Functional Nanostructured Materials for Biomedical Applications

Zheng, XT; Xu, HX; Tan, YN

doi:10.1021/bk-2017-1253.ch007

Bioinspired Design and Engineering of Functional Nanostructured Materials for Biomedical Applications

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Yen Nee Tan

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Abstract

Nature has provided many ways to derive various functional materials with highly-ordered hierarchical structures and superb attributes from the sophisticated biological processes. Inspired by natural biomineralisation process, it has led to the emergence of four “bioinspired” strategies, i.e., bio-structure mimicking, bio-function anchoring, bio-templating and bio-assembling, to construct nanostructured materials with remarkable biomimetic properties. In this chapter, we will highlight the development of bioinspired approaches involving biomolecules and elucidate their roles in directing the bottom-up synthesis and programmable assembly of functional nanostructured materials. Their recent applications in diagnostics and therapeutic delivery will also be discussed. Finally, we will conclude this chapter with the challenges and future outlook of these bioinspired nanomaterials for the advanced biomedical applications such as theranostics.