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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