Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces Friction, Superhydrophobicity, and Biomimetics /

• Main Authors: Nosonovsky, Michael (Author), Bhushan, Bharat (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: NanoScience and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Nanotechnology.; Biomaterials.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.

Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces covers the rapidly developing topics of hierarchical surfaces, roughness-induced superhydrophobicity and biomimetic surfaces. The research in these topics has been progressing rapidly in the recent years due to the advances in the nanoscien...

Table of Contents:

• Surface Roughness and Hierarchical Friction Mechanisms
• Rough Surface Topography
• Mechanisms of Dry Friction, Their Scaling and Linear Properties
• Friction as a Nonlinear Hierarchical Phenomenon
• Solid-Liquid Friction and Superhydrophobicity
• Solid-Liquid Interaction and Capillary Effects
• Roughness-Induced Superhydrophobicity
• Stability of the Composite Interface, Roughness Optimization and Meniscus Force
• Cassie-Wenzel Wetting Regime Transition
• Underwater Superhydrophobicity and Dynamic Effects
• Biological and Biomimetic Surfaces
• Lotus-Effect and Water-Repellent Surfaces in Nature
• Artificial (Biomimetic) Superhydrophobic Surfaces
• Gecko-Effect and Smart Adhesion
• Other Biomimetic Surfaces
• Outlook.