Molecular Engineering of Bio-Assemblies: Prospects and Design Rules for Sustainable, Wearable Electromechanical Materials

Predictive materials modeling has become a potent and accessible design tool to direct and support experiments in supramolecular nanotechnology as a result of the continuous expansion of high-performance computing power, theory, and modeling software development. In this chapter, we examine how logically created organic assemblies may incorporate electromechanical features, particularly piezoelectricity. We discuss the challenges and benefits of designing sustainable materials using basic, low-cost biopiezoelectric building blocks. The created nanostructured bio-assemblies provide interesting material options for emerging technologies, such as Internet of Things, human-machine interfacing, and brain-inspired computing.