Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION The Art of Making 1
5. CHAPTER ONE Light Talk: Photonic Materials 15
6. CHAPTER TWO Total Recall: Materials for Information Storage 63
7. CHAPTER THREE Clever Stuff: Smart Materials 103
8. CHAPTER FOUR Only Natural: Biomaterials 143
9. CHAPTER FIVE Spare Parts: Biomedical Materials 209
10. CHAPTER SIX Full Power: Materials for Clean Energy 244
11. CHAPTER SEVEN Tunnel Vision: Porous Materials 282
12. CHAPTER EIGHT Hard Work: Diamond and Hard Materials 313
13. CHAPTER NINE Chain Reactions: The New Polymers 344
14. CHAPTER TEN Face Value: Surfaces and Interfaces 384
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 429
16. FIGURE CREDITS 445
17. INDEX 447
18. Plates 461