Nanostructure in Biology
Abstract
(U)The Nanostructure in Biology program will investigate the nanostructure properties of biological materials to better understand their behavior and accelerate their exploitation for Defense applications. This new information about biomolecules and complex cellular systems will provide important new leads for the development of threat countermeasures, biomolecular probes and motors, and neuromorphic sensory systems. This program will also develop approaches to mathematically predict a priori, the structure of biological materials, especially proteins, based on the desired performance. This will enable the rapid design of new biosensors against previously unknown threats and the design of advanced catalysts based on biological activity to produce new materials of interest to DoD (e.g., tailored explosives). The program will also create technology to reliably integrate nanoscale and microsystems payloads on insects that will extract power, control locomotion, and also carry DoD relevant sensors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- ef24ba27b3e40637594af871d05b12d9