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Bioinspired Hierarchical-Structured Surfaces for Green Science and Technology
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Main description:

This book presents an overview of the general field of biomimetics - lessons from nature. It presents various examples of biomimetics, including roughness-induced superomniphobic surfaces which provide functionality of commercial interest. The major focus in the book is on lotus effect, rose petal effect, shark skin effect, and gecko adhesion.  For each example, the book first presents characterization of an object to understand how a natural object provides functionality, followed by modeling and then fabrication of structures in the lab using nature’s route to verify one’s understanding of nature and provide guidance for development of optimum structures. Once it is understood how nature does it, examples of fabrication of optimum structures using smart materials and fabrication techniques, are presented. Examples of nature inspired objects are also presented throughout.


Feature:

Presents the field of biomimetics didactically

Displays the commercial interest in applying biomimetics

Discusses in detail the important effects: lotus effect, shark skin effect, rose petal effect

Explains learning from nature for technology


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This book presents an overview of the general field of biomimetics - lessons from nature. It presents various examples of biomimetics, including roughness-induced superomniphobic surfaces which provide functionality of commercial interest. The major focus in the book is on lotus effect, rose petal effect, shark skin effect, and gecko adhesion.  For each example, the book first presents characterization of an object to understand how a natural object provides functionality, followed by modeling and then fabrication of structures in the lab using nature’s route to verify one’s understanding of nature and provide guidance for development of optimum structures. Once it is understood how nature does it, examples of fabrication of optimum structures using smart materials and fabrication techniques, are presented. Examples of nature inspired objects are also presented throughout.


Contents:

From the Contents: Modeling of Contact Angle for a Liquid in Contact with a Rough Surface.- Part I: Lotus Effect.- Lotus Effect Surfaces in Nature.- How to Make Hierarchical Surfaces. Part II: Rose Petal Effect. Part III: Shark Skin Effect.- Shark-Skin Surfaces for Fluid-Drag Reduction in Turbulent Flow.- Fabrication and Characterization of Biomimetic Structures for Fluid Drag Reduction.


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ISBN-13: 9783642254079
Publisher: Springer (Springer Berlin Heidelberg)
Publication date: June, 2012
Pages: 400
Weight: 707g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Biomedical Engineering

MEET THE AUTHOR

Bharat Bhushan is Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor at the College of Engineering, and Director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2) at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. He authored 6 scientific books, more than 90 handbook chapters, more than 700 scientific papers (h factor – 42+), and more than 60 scientific reports, edited more than 45 books, and holds 17 U.S. and foreign patents. Bharat Bhusan received numerous prestigious awards and international fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for Senior Scientists, Max Planck Foundation Research Award for Outstanding Foreign Scientists, and the Fulbright Senior Scholar Award. He worked for various research labs including IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA.

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