Functional Surfaces in Biology III Diversity of the Physical Phenomena /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gorb, Stanislav N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gorb, Elena V. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2017.
• Σειρά: Biologically-Inspired Systems, 10
• Θέματα: Plant science.; Botany.; Zoology.; Biology-Technique.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomaterials.; Plant Sciences.; Biological Techniques.; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.

This book is devoted to the rapidly growing area of science dealing with structure and properties of biological surfaces in their relation to particular functions. This volume, written by a team of specialists from different disciplines, covers various biological surface functions: sensing, colorati...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter1. Introduction
• Chapter2. Adhesion of parasitic worms (Paolo Galli, WeiLim Wong, Peter Ladurn)
• Chapter3. Clingfish adhesion (Petra Ditsche-Kuru)
• Chapter4. Possible role of gradients in insect adhesion (Stanislav Gorb)
• Chapter5. Cell adhesion to soft/hard substrates (Selhuber-Unkel)
• Chapter6. Ontogenetic shift in insect adhesion (Dagmar Voigt and Daniel Zurek)
• Chapter7. Biochemistry aspects of insect adhesion (Betz Oliver)
• Chapter8. Modelling of biological adhesion (Popov Valentin and Alex Filippov)
• Chapter9. Bed bug adhesion (Reinhardt Klaus)
• Chapter10. Pollinia adhesion to insect surfaces (Thielen Marc)
• Chapter11. Surface effects of carnivorous plants (Speck Thomas and Holger Bohn)
• Chapter12. Treefrog adhesion (Jon Barnes)
• Chapter13. Attachment discs of arachnics (Jonas Wolff)
• Chapter14. Attachment devices of parasitic flies (Dennis Petersen and Stanislav Gorb)
• Chapter15. Snail adhesion (Andrew Smith).