Functional Surfaces in Biology Little Structures with Big Effects Volume 1 /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gorb, Stanislav N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Έκδοση: 1.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Plant science.; Botany.; Physics.; Engineering.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Engineering, general.; Physics, general.; Plant Sciences.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XVIII, 384 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781402066979

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.