Overview
- 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
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering (BIOMEDICAL)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Lotus Effect
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Salvinia Effect
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Rose Petal Effect
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Oleophobic/Oleophilic Surfaces
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Shark Skin Effect
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Gecko Adhesion
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About 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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomimetics
Book Subtitle: Bioinspired Hierarchical-Structured Surfaces for Green Science and Technology
Authors: Bharat Bhushan
Series Title: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25408-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44267-4Published: 18 July 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-25408-6Published: 05 June 2012
Series ISSN: 1618-7210
Series E-ISSN: 2197-5647
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 350
Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films, Nanotechnology, Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering