Natural Inspiration

The chemistry of terpenoids is rich and varied, and attempts to understand it have, on many occasions, contributed fundamentally to our total understanding of their chemistry. One example is the work of Wagner and Meerwein whose studies in terpene chemistry led, amongst many discoveries, to the elucidation of the rearrangement that bears their names. This work made a very significant contribution to our fundamental understanding of the properties and reactions of carbo-cations, as will be seen in Chapter 5. 

Nature remains a great source of inspiration for chemists and many of today s perfumery ingredients, drugs and agricultural chemicals are replicates (nature identical) of natural terpenoids or close analogues of them. 

Devon and A.I. Scott, Handbook of Naturally Occurring Compounds, Yol. 2, The Terpenes, Academic Press, London, 1972. 

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On innovating to imitate nature The wonders of nature inspire imitations that can yield environmentally sensible solutions to industrial problems. 

As biotechnology, however, cannot replace all multi-step chemical process routes, nature-inspired organic chemical syntheses have to be developed, too. Therefore, for the next generation of organic synthesis, it is the challenge to ... 

Nature-inspired Methods in Chemometrics Genetic Algorithms and Artificial Neural Networks, edited by R. Leardi... 

In February 2005, M S launched a new range of household cleaning products called "Naturally Inspired", from which they claim to have removed all synthetic chemical ingredients. According to the press release ... 

Parallel to the work on in situ three-component catalysts, a nature-inspired in situ catalyst based on iron porphyrin complexes, was developed, since high stability of the... 

Recently, Foo et al. (2006) produced some novel nanocomposites from spider silk-silica fusion (chimeric) proteins. The composite morphology and structure could be regulated by controlling processing conditions to produce films and fibers. Silk and biomineralization being natural inspiration sources will allow production of numerous new materials in various fields of application. 

Creative freedom our modem perfumes contain rose and jasmin bases that smell like no rose or jasmin blossom has ever smelled, and the same goes for all other nature-inspired notes in perfumes. It is not just a matter of odor quality we could never achieve the intensity and lasting power of today s perfumes using only naturals. 

As a result of their mental experiences, many users have become more ajvare of what the body s needs are and how to take care of them, and these people have given impetus to the renaissance in organic farming, herbal lore, health foods and many other nature-inspired practices for improving the functioning of the human body. 

LoPresti C, Lomas H et al (2009) Polymersomes nature inspired nanometer sized compartments. J Mater Chem 19 3576-3590... 

Leardi R (ed) (2003) Nature-inspired methods in chemometrics Genetic algorithms and artificial neural networks. Elsevier, Amsterdam... 

Bose M, Gestwicki JE, Devasthali V, Crabtree GR, Graef lA. Nature-inspired drug-protein complexes as inhibitors of Abeta aggregation. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 2005 33 543-547. 

Garrett NL, Vukusic P, Ogrin F et al (2009) Spectroscopy on the wing naturally inspired SERS substrates for biochemical analysis. J Biophotonics 2(3) 157-166... 

R. Akashi, H. Tsutsui and A. Komura, Polymer Gel Light-Modulation Materials Imitating Pigment Cells, Advanced Materials, 14, 1808-1811 (2002) as described by P. Ball, Nature Inspires Colour Change Gel, Nature Materials Update, January 8, 2003. 

Coppens, M.-O. Nature Inspired Chemical Engineering, Delft University Press Delft, Netherlands, 2003. 

Todeschini R, Consonni V, Mauri A, Pavan M (2004) MobyDigs software for regression and classification models by genetic algorithms in Nature-inspired methods in chemometrics genetic algorithms and artificial neural networks (R. Leardi Ed.), Chapter 5, Elsevier pp 141-167... 

Leardi, R., Ed., Nature-Inspired Methods in Chemometrics Genetic Algorithms and Artificial Neural Networks, Data Handling in Science and Technology Series, Vol. 23, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2003. 

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