Overview
- Discusses natural surfaces in a format that is accessible to less technical readers
- Contains material on natural surfaces that can be found locally
- Encourages readers to explore the engineering value of the natural surfaces surrounding them
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
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“This is a fascinating collection of 13 popular science–level, short articles on naturally occurring surfaces, some of their outstanding properties, and possible applications in engineered surfaces. … Each chapter contains a description of the natural surface, the fundamental engineering principles underlying its function, potential engineering applications, and a bibliography. The brief, uniformly presented chapters, with a well-balanced layout of text, images, and basic equations, can be read easily. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. All students and general readers.” (J. Lambropoulos, Choice, Vol. 52 (5), January, 2015)Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Remarkable Natural Material Surfaces and Their Engineering Potential
Editors: Michelle Lee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03125-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-03124-8Published: 18 February 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34570-3Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-03125-5Published: 04 February 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 163
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 58 illustrations in colour
Topics: Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Ecology, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Biochemical Engineering, Nanochemistry