The growing demand for new, sophisticated, multifunctional materials has brought natural
structural composites into focus, since they underwent a substantial optimization during long …

Marine resources in unique marine environments provide abundant, cost-effective natural
biomaterials with distinct structures, compositions, and biological activities compared to …

Bringing together a wide range of research in this important area, this book includes the
latest developments and applications of marine-derived biomaterials, from preliminary …

The review covers recent literature on the ocean as both a source of biotechnological tools
and as a source of bio-inspired materials. The emphasis is on marine biomacromolecules …

Marine organisms are constituted by materials with a vast range of properties and
characteristics that may justify their potential application within the biomedical field …

Marine organisms have developed a wide variety of protective strategies to thrive in their
native environments. These biological materials, although formed from simple biopolymer …

Marine resources have tremendous potential for developing high-value biomaterials. The
last decade has seen an increasing number of biomaterials that originate from marine …

Highly functional architectural structures with interconnecting open pores can be easily
uncovered from within the marine environment. Marine organisms are organized and …

Biological materials are complex composites that are hierarchically structured and
multifunctional. Their mechanical properties are often outstanding, considering the weak …

Oceans have vast potential to develop high-value bioactive substances and biomaterials. In
the past decades, many biomaterials have come from marine organisms, but due to the wide …