In her book Creators of Life (original NL: Makers van Leven), editor Esther Thole describes how scientists build structures on the nanoscale towards hierarchically ordered materials or building blocks for life. On the NEMO Kennislink website (dutch), you can read an edited preview of the chapter ‘Komkommers, spreeuwen en vleesetende planten: slimme materialen imiteren trucs uit de natuur’ (cucumbers, starlings, en carnivorous plants: smart materials mimick trics from nature), written by Ilja Voets among others.
The full book will be for sale at Maven Publishing.