Overview
- First overview on attachment devices and adhesive secretions in Arachnida, from mechanical devices, such as claws and clamps, to adhesive pads, suckers and glue
- Includes both a thorough literature review and original data. Discusses the topic from structural, physical to evolutionary aspects, and biomimetic potential
- Well illustrated with 57 figures and 46 supplemental videos
Part of the book series: Biologically-Inspired Systems (BISY, volume 7)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book surveys attachment structures and adhesive secretions occurring in this class of animals and discusses the relationships between structure, properties, and function in the context of evolutionary trends, and biomimetic potential. Topics comprise mechanical attachment devices, such as clamps, claws, hooks, spines and wraps, as well as hairy and smooth adhesive pads, nano-fibrils, suction cups, and viscid and solidifying adhesives. Attachment is one of the major types of interactions between an organism and its environment. There are numerous studies that deal with this phenomenon in lizards, frogs, insects, barnacles, mussels and echinoderms, but the second largest class of animals, the Arachnida, was highly neglected so far. The authors demonstrated that most arachnid adhesive structures are highly analogous to those of insects and vertebrates, but there are also numerous unique developments with some intriguing working principles. Because arachnid attachment organs have a very strong 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 materials and surface engineering.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Attachment Structures and Adhesive Secretions in Arachnids
Authors: Jonas O. Wolff, Stanislav N. Gorb
Series Title: Biologically-Inspired Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45713-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45712-3Published: 21 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83356-9Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45713-0Published: 13 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2211-0593
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0607
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 184
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour
Topics: Entomology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Biomaterials, Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films