Intro
Preface
Author biographies
Bogdan Walkowiak
Magdalena Walkowiak-Przybyło
Piotr Komorowski
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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 What is this book about?
1.2 The evolution of the Universe
1.3 The evolution of human thought
1.4 The birth of modern physics
1.5 Life sciences and their contribution to understanding the world
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Chapter 2 Materials science and life sciences
2.1 The impact of the production and use of material technology products
2.2 The industrial revolution and its impact on the environment
2.3 Environmental monitoring
2.4 The potential of micro-organisms to decompose waste
2.5 Micro-organisms in technological processes
2.6 Problems with nanomaterials
2.7 Threats from nanotechnology products
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Chapter 3 Materiomics
3.1 The importance of microscopic techniques for the development of science
3.2 Other research techniques allowing the development of science
3.3 Definition of materiomics
3.4 Current applications of materiomics
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Chapter 4 Biological recognition of materials
4.1 Life and matter
4.2 The principle of correspondence in science
4.3 Artificial cell
4.4 Molecular interactions and recognition
4.5 Signal transduction and particles uptake
4.6 Molecular biology methods
4.7 Biological recognition of stress
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Chapter 5 Quantum basis of materials recognition by cells
5.1 A new strategy for the identification and grouping of nanomaterials
5.2 Postulates
5.3 Supporting arguments
5.4 The quantum effects of nanomaterials
5.5 More on biological material recognition
5.6 Some practical considerations
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Chapter 6 Considerations of substrate bonding and catalysis models
6.1 The essence of the chemical reaction
6.2 Reaction kinetics.

6.3 Kinetic theory of collisions
6.4 Catalysis and tunneling
6.5 Chemical bonds
6.6 Hydrogen bonds and electrostatic interactions
6.7 Molecular tunneling and molecular interactions
6.8 Interactions with nanomaterials
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Chapter 7 Summary.