1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781092503321

Autore

Hall Simon R

Titolo

Biotemplating [[electronic resource] ] : complex structures from natural materials / / Simon R. Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : Imperial College Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-44172-8

9786612441721

1-61344-083-9

1-84816-404-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

624.1/8

Soggetti

Bioengineering

Biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Simple Mono- and Oligosaccharides; 3. Complex Polysaccharides; 4. Hydrocolloids; 5. Chitin/Chitosan; 6. Proteins and Lipids; 7. Viruses and Bacteria; 8. Complex Biostructures as Templates; 9. Into the Future - Genetic Engineering and Beyond; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In terms of structural complexity, the natural world presents innumerable examples of stunning beauty and high functionality, usually with the minimum of material and energy expenditure. Materials chemists can harness these amazing structures as ready-made scaffolds on which to grow inorganic phases which replicate the underlying complexity, thereby producing materials with greatly enhanced physical properties. This book comprehensively describes the entire range of natural materials that have been used in this way and the inorganic phases which result from them. The book covers simple molecul



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811710903321

Autore

Moore William F.

Titolo

Collaborators for emancipation : Abraham Lincoln and Owen Lovejoy / / William F. Moore, Jane Ann Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-252-09634-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

326.8092

Soggetti

Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Attaining political power, 1854-1860. Hating zeal to spread slavery, 1854 ; Traversing uneven political ground, 1855 ; Standing together nobly, 1856 ; Disputing the Supreme Court decision, 1857 ; Trusting those who care for the results, 1858 ; Remaining steadfast to the right, 1859 ; Disenchanting the nation of slavery, 1860 -- Maintaining political power, 1861. Holding firmly to their promises, 1861 -- Applying political power, 1862-1864. Restoring the founding purposes, 1862 ; Assuring that the nation would long endure, 1863 ; Binding up the nation's wounds, 1864

Sommario/riassunto

Few expected politician Abraham Lincoln and Congregational minister Owen Lovejoy to be friends when they met in 1854. One was a cautious lawyer who deplored abolitionists' flouting of the law, the other an outspoken antislavery activist who captained a stop on the Underground Railroad. Yet the two built a relationship that, in Lincoln's words, 'was one of increasing respect and esteem'. In 'Collaborators for Emancipation', the authors examine the thorny issue of the pragmatism typically ascribed to Lincoln versus the radicalism of Lovejoy, and the role each played in ending slavery.