Functional Surfaces in Biology

Adhesion Related Phenomena Volume 2

Stanislav N. Gorb (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
268 Seiten
2009
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-6694-8 (ISBN)

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This book is devoted to the rapidly growing area of science dealing with structure and properties of biological surfaces in their relation to particular function(s). This volume, written by a team of specialists from different disciplines, covers various surface functions such as protection, defense, water transport, anti-wetting, self cleaning, light reflection and scattering, and acoustics. Because biological surfaces have a virtually endless potential of technological ideas for the development of new materials and systems, inspirations from biology could also be interesting for a broad range of topics in surface engineering.

Adhesion Enhancement and Reduction in Biological Surfaces.- Adhesion Enhancement.- The Echinoderm Tube Foot and its Role in Temporary Underwater Adhesion.- Mechanisms and Principles Underlying Temporary Adhesion, Surface Exploration and Settlement Site Selection by Barnacle Cyprids: A Short Review.- Alternative Tasks of the Insect Arolium with Special Reference to Hymenoptera.- Organs of Adhesion in Some Mountain-stream Teleosts of India: Structure-Function Relationship.- Surface Characteristics of Locomotor Substrata and Their Relationship to Gekkonid Adhesion: A Case Study of Rhoptropus cf biporosus.- Adhesion Reduction.- Variable Attachment to Plant Surface Waxes by Predatory Insects.- The Waxy Surface in Nepenthes Pitcher Plants: Variability, Adaptive Significance and Developmental Evolution.- Functional Surfaces in the Pitcher of the Carnivorous Plant Nepenthes alata: A Cryo-Sem Approach.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.10.2009
Reihe/Serie Functional Surfaces in Biology | 1.20
Zusatzinfo XVIII, 268 p.
Verlagsort New York, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Botanik
Technik
ISBN-10 1-4020-6694-5 / 1402066945
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-6694-8 / 9781402066948
Zustand Neuware
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