BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED TEXTILES

By Z. LAURL

BIOMIMETICS AND PROTEIN-BASED BIOMATERIALS CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME NATURAL PROTEIN-BASED MATERIALS EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MODEL FIBROUS PROTEINS EXPRESSION SYSTEMS AVAILABLE FOR RECOMBINANT FIBROUS PROTEIN PRODUCTION ARTIFICIAL MATERIAL PRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND PERFORMANCE CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES INTRODUCTION INSOLUBLE REMOVAL CELL DISRUPTION SOLUBLE PROTEIN SEPARATIONS FINISHING STEPS CONCLUSIONS AND SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION AND ADVICE IN VIVO OR NATURAL SPINNING OF PROTEIN-BASED FIBERS PROTEIN-BASED FIBROUS MATERIALS SILK PRODUCTION IN SPIDERS AND INSECTS: A NATURAL SPINNING PROCESS ELEMENTS TO CONSIDER FOR THE IN VITRO OR ARTIFICIAL SPINNING OF PROTEIN-BASED FIBERS FACTORS INVOLVED IN NATIVE SELF-ASSEMBLY PROCESSES EXAMPLES OF PROTEIN-BASED FIBERS PRODUCED THROUGH ARTIFICIAL SPINNING TECHNOLOGIES WET-SPINNING OF FIBROUS PROTEINS ELECTROSPINNING OF FIBROUS PROTEINS APPLICATIONS FUTURE TRENDS AND CONCLUSIONS UNRAVELLING STRUCTURE FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS SPIDER AND WORM SPINNING IN VIVO SPINNING IN VITRO FUTURE TRENDS AND APPLICATIONS SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION AND ADVICE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BIOMIMETIC DESIGN OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS IN BIOCOMPOSITES FIBRE EXTRACTION, FIBRE TREATMENT AND MATRIX COMPATIBILITY IN A BIOMIMETIC COMPOSITE APPROACHES TO THE REALISATION OF PLANT FIBRE COMPOSITES CONCLUSIONS: PLANT FIBRE SELECTION FOR COMPOSITES REINFORCEMENT THE TECHNOLOGY OF CLOTHING OVERVIEW OF BIOMIMETIC DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT BIOMIMETIC PRINCIPLES AND THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY KEY ISSUES FUTURE TRENDS INTRODUCTION: BASICS OF SELF-CLEANING TEXTILES LEARNING FROM THE LOTUS EFFECT: SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY AND SELF-CLEANING MEASURING TECHNIQUES FOR THE CHARACTERISTIC LOTUS EFFECT PROPERTIES TECHNICAL TRANSFER BRIEF SURVEY OF THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FURS EXPERIMENTAL STUDY WATER-VAPOUR PERMEABILITY OF FURS COMPOSITES UNDER DEVELOPMENT: SMART COMPOSITES USING BIOMIMETICS TO BOOST THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPOSITES LEARNING FROM A ROLE MODEL: HORSETAIL ( EQUISETUM HYEMALE LEARNING FROM A ROLE MODEL: GIANT REED ( ARUNDO DONAX LEARNING FROM A ROLE MODEL: WOOD COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT PRINCIPLES OF ROLE MODELS INTO THE TECHNICAL PLANT STEM PRODUCTION METHODS AND MACHINERY EQUIPMENT FOR THE TECHNICAL PLANT STEM APPLICATIONS OF THE TECHNICAL PLANT STEM CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT POTENTIAL OF FIBER-BASED MATERIALS IN BIONICS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF SURFACES RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY/ MANAGEMENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF LIGHTWEIGHT CONSTRUCTION