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                    xviii                                                                  Contents

                    14.  Biological Materials in Engineering Mechanisms ....................................................................... 365
                        Justin Carlson, Shail Ghaey, Sean Moran, Cam Anh Tran, and David L. Kaplan
                    15.  Functional Surfaces in Biology: Mechanisms and Applications ................................................. 381
                        Stanislav N. Gorb
                    16.  Biomimetic and Biologically Inspired Control............................................................................ 399
                        Zhiwei Luo, Shigeyuki Hosoe, and Masami Ito
                    17.  Interfacing Microelectronics and the Human Visual System ...................................................... 427
                        Rajat N. Agrawal, Mark S. Humayun, James Weiland,
                        Gianluca Lazzi, and Keyoor Chetan Gosalia
                    18.  Artificial Support and Replacement of Human Organs ............................................................... 449
                        Pramod Bonde

                    19.  Nastic Structures: The Enacting and Mimicking of Plant Movements ....................................... 473
                        Rainer Stahlberg and Minoru Taya
                    20.  Biomimetics: Reality, Challenges, and Outlook.......................................................................... 495
                        Yoseph Bar-Cohen
                    Index ...................................................................................................................................................... 515
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