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WHAT IS BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS SCIENCE? Introduction to the Field Hierarchy: Understanding Adaptations at Different Length Scales, Bottom–Up Engineering and the Building Blocks Multifunctionality as an Evolutionary Design Paradigm ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS Strong and Weak Interactions Hydrogen Bonding Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Forces Charge–Charge Interactions Covalent Bonding/Coordination Complexes MOLECULAR AND PRIMARY STRUCTURES: BUILDING BLOCKS Synthesis and Processing of Proteins and Sugars, Chitin and Cellulose Protein Side Groups and their Properties SECONDARY => QUARTERNARY STRUCTURE Protein Secondary Structure and Folding: alpha, beta, PPII, coiled coil Ramachandran Plots SELF–ASSEMBLY OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS Liquid Crystal Coacervate Actin, Collagen Fibrils, Virus, Polymerization Models, Microtubules MATERIALS PROPERTIES AND BEHAVIOR Mechanics Optics Adhesion Multifunctionality TUNING MATERIALS PROPERTIES/ POST–TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS AND PROCESSING Crosslinking Hidden Lengths Interface Design Porosity Nanocomposite Design Mineralization BIOMIMETICS CASE STUDIES Why Does None not Break more Often? Why is Cornea Transparent? How Does a Plant Move? How Do Mussels Stay Attached to Surfaces on the Wave–Swept Rocky Seashore? How Does Nature Create Polymers as Hard as Mineral? How Do Structural Colors Originate? What Limits Muscle Performance? How Does a Spider Web Stop an Insect Midflight? Gecko and Lotus Effect