Biomimetics in Materials Science Self-Healing, Self-Lubricating, and Self-Cleaning Materials /

• Main Authors: Nosonovsky, Michael (Author), Rohatgi, Pradeep K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 152
• Subjects: Engineering.; Polymers.; Continuum mechanics.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Metals.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Polymer Sciences.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; Metallic Materials.

Biomimetics in Materials Science provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical review of biomimetic materials with self-healing, self-lubricating and self-cleaning properties. These three topics are closely related and constitute rapidly developing areas of study. The field of self-healing mate...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• PART ONE. SELF-HEALING MATERIALS
• Chapter 2. Thermodynamic principles of self-healing in metallic materials
• Chapter 3. Case study of self-healing in metallic composite with embedded low melting temperature solders
• Chapter 4. Surface healing: a case study
• Chapter 5. Development of Metallic and metal matrix composite self-healing materials
• PART TWO. SELF-LUBRICATING MATERIALS
• Chapter 6. Friction, wear, and self-lubrication
• Chapter 7. Thermodynamic methods in tribology and friction-induced self-organization
• Chapter 8. Tribological properties of metal matrix composites
• PART THREE. SELF-CLEANING MATERIALS
• Chapter 9. Thermodynamic foundations of wetting and capillary phenomena
• Chapter 10. Superhydrophobicity
• Chapter 11. Lotus-effect and self-cleaning
• Chapter 12. Self-cleaning in the water flow
• Chapter 13. Artificial self-cleaning surfaces
• Chapter 14. Outlook.