chapter 1 Mimetic Peptide-Modified Materials for Control of Cell Differentiation / chapter 2 Engineering of Integrin-Specific Biomimetic Surfaces to Control Cell Adhesion and Function -- chapter 3 Mimetic Peptide-Modified Materials for Control of Cell Differentiation -- chapter 4 Effects of Substratum Topography on Cell Behavior / chapter 5 Cytomimetic Biomaterials -- chapter 6 Micro- and Nanoscale Organizations of Proteins Modulate Cell-Extracellular Matrix Interactions: Lessons for the Design of Biomaterials -- chapter 7 Cell Adhesion-Dependent Signaling Pathways on Biomaterials Surfaces / chapter 8 Biomaterials -- chapter 9 Scaffolds for Directing Cellular Responses and Tissue Formation / chapter 10 Chitosan as a Molecular Scaffold for Biomimetic Design of Glycopolymer Biomaterials -- chapter 11 “Cell-Internalizable” Ligand Microinterfaces on Biomaterials: Design of Regulatory Determinants of Cell Migration -- chapter 12 Biomimetic Strategies and Applications in the Nervous System / chapter 13 Tissue Engineering Strategies for Axonal Regeneration Following Spinal Cord Injury -- chapter 14 Micropatterning Biomimetic Materials for Bioadhesion and Drug Delivery / chapter 15 Bioinspired Engineering of Intelligent Drug Delivery Systems and Protein-Polymer Conjugates -- chapter 16 Implantable Drug Delivery Devices: Design of a Biomimetic Interfacial Drug Delivery System -- chapter 17 Pharmacologically Active Biomaterials / chapter 18 Biomimetic Lung Surfactant Replacements / chapter 19 Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) Conjugates in Biotechnology