Chemists and the School of nature

Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (1) , Yves Bouligand (2) , Hervé Arribart (3) , Clément Sanchez (4)

1 CETCOPRA - Centre d'étude des techniques, des connaissances et des pratiques
2 EPHE - École Pratique des Hautes Études
3 SGR - Saint-Gobain Recherche
4 LCMCP (site Paris VI) - Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (site Paris VI)

Biomimetism is an umbrella covering a variety of research fields ranging from the chemistry of natural products to nanocomposites, via biomaterials and supramolecular chemistry. . It is an informal movement and the concept itself is so loose that one can wonder whether biomimetism is more than a slogan forged by chemists in order to hop on the "green" bandwagon. Or could it bring a revolution into chemistry with a profound transformation of its practices?

Keywords: biomimetism; self-assembly; soft chemistry

Domains: History, Philosophy and Sociology of Sciences

Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Yves Bouligand, Hervé Arribart, Clément Sanchez. Chemists and the School of nature. Central European Journal of Chemistry, 2002, 26, pp.1-5. ⟨hal-00937207⟩