ZooTechWorksTM                                        (NatureWorksTM- The Next Regeneration)

An amazing way of generating biomaterials for technology is to cultivate and grow them, or to allow them to spontaneously develop by self-organisation. The new science of growing biological materials and synthetic materials, of technical interest, "literally in the beaker" relies on copying biological blueprints and abiding to biological rules in a chemical system. Inspired by the works of Professor Stephen Mann FRS I am leading a set of materials chemistry investigations to accurately emulate the emergence, synthesis, processing and manufacture of inorganic (bioceramic) materials during early development, growth and maturity, identified across many organisms in nature. Biomimetic and Bioinspired materials chemistry is a fascinating, efficient way of creating biological complexity (particularly the architecture and multi-lvel structures) which cannot be achieved in any other way outside of nature. Designer self-organisation chemistry is the way forward in creating materials and structures with nanoscale precision and accuracy.

The goal is to  to create biomimetic structures with features and properties that can be utilised in a multiplicity of cell and tissue engineering roles.