Biotechnology and Composite Materials
Abstract
Biotechnology, in general terms, is the science and engineering of using living organisms for making useful products such as pharmaceuticals, foods, fuels, chemicals, materials or in waste treatment processes and clinical and chemical analyses. It encompasses the prosaic form of using yeast cells to make bread and alcohol to the more exciting world of using recombinant DNA technology for producing critically important pharmaceuticals such as human insulin. However, the use of biotechnology in composite materials has just recently been recognized as a potential contributor to the aerospace materials and structures industry. Examples of various biotechnology fields of research that may offer potential applications are: biodegradation, biomimetics, biomining, bio-optics/ bioelectronics biosynthesis and bioprocessing. This paper will examine research in the areas of biomimetics, biosynthesis and bioprocessing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA264278
Entities
People
- Barbara C. Woolsey
- R. C. Schiavone
- R. Narayan