Functional Surfaces in Biology: Adhesion Related Phenomena, Volume 2 by Stanislav N. Gorb
English | 2009 | ISBN: 1402066945, 9400791658 | 336 pages | PDF | 45 MB
English | 2009 | ISBN: 1402066945, 9400791658 | 336 pages | PDF | 45 MB
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.