Relations among structure, properties, and function in biological materials

AccessScience ◽  
2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Materials ◽  
And Function ◽  
Structure Properties

Steric and Electronic Effects of Ligand Substitution on Redox-Active Fe4S4-Based Coordination Polymers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Salinas ◽  
Jiaze Xie ◽  
Robert Papoular ◽  
Noah Horwitz ◽  
Erik Elkaim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coordination Polymers ◽  
Ligand Substitution ◽  
Molecular Materials ◽  
Electronic Effects ◽  
Redox Active ◽  
And Function ◽  
Structure Properties

One of the notable advantages of molecular materials is the ability to precisely tune structure, properties, and function via molecular substitutions. While many studies have demonstrated this principle with classic...

scholarly journals Complementary roles of mechanotransduction and inflammation in vascular homeostasis

2021 ◽  
Vol 477 (2245) ◽  
pp. 20200622
Author(s):  
Marcos Latorre ◽  
Bart Spronck ◽  
Jay D. Humphrey
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Vascular Health ◽  
Induced Hypertension ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Vascular Geometry ◽  
Mechanical Homeostasis ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Function ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Structure Properties

Arteries are exposed to relentless pulsatile haemodynamic loads, but via mechanical homeostasis they tend to maintain near optimal structure, properties and function over long periods in maturity in health. Numerous insults can compromise such homeostatic tendencies, however, resulting in maladaptations or disease. Chronic inflammation can be counted among the detrimental insults experienced by arteries, yet inflammation can also play important homeostatic roles. In this paper, we present a new theoretical model of complementary mechanobiological and immunobiological control of vascular geometry and composition, and thus properties and function. We motivate and illustrate the model using data for aortic remodelling in a common mouse model of induced hypertension. Predictions match the available data well, noting a need for increased data for further parameter refinement. The overall approach and conclusions are general, however, and help to unify two previously disparate literatures, thus leading to deeper insight into the separate and overlapping roles of mechanobiology and immunobiology in vascular health and disease.

Structure, Properties, and Function of Mineralized Tissue Components Group Report

1982 ◽  
pp. 327-350
Author(s):  
J. L. Matthews ◽  
H. J. Arnott ◽  
W. E. Brown ◽  
W. Dosch ◽  
V. C. Hascall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mineralized Tissue ◽  
Group Report ◽  
And Function ◽  
Structure Properties

Biomimetic Ceramics: What, Why and How?

1991 ◽  
Vol 249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Calvert
Keyword(s):  
Tooth Enamel ◽  
Particle Morphology ◽  
Biological Materials ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Natural Materials ◽  
Temperature Resistance ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Synthetic Materials ◽  
And Function

ABSTRACTThe role of biomimetic approaches in materials engineering is reviewed. In the case of ceramics, close parallels in structure and function can be seen between synthetic and biological materials. Biological ceramics have resolved difficulties which are limiting the application of synthetic materials, particularly in the need for greater toughness. The enhanced toughness of materials such as shell and tooth enamel can be attributed to microstructural factors. Both natural materials contain a small amount of polymer. If this is essential, then any synthetic mimetic material would be limited by the temperature resistance of the polymer. In fact, much of the toughness is dependent on the elongated particle morphology and does not require polymer. Routes to forming ceramics with such elongated particles are discussed.

scholarly journals Structure, Properties, and Function of Glycosomes in Trypanosoma cruzi

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilfredo Quiñones ◽  
Héctor Acosta ◽  
Camila Silva Gonçalves ◽  
Maria Cristina M. Motta ◽  
Melisa Gualdrón-López ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Cruzi ◽  
And Function ◽  
Structure Properties
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