Overview
- Describes smart, biomimetic materials in the context of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and self-organization
- Covers self-healing, self-lubricating, and self-cleaning materials with applications to green technologies in areas such as energy, biomedical devices, and defense
- Presents a unified approach by leading researchers in the field covering both theoretical and practical issues
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 152)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Self-Healing Materials
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Self-Lubricating Materials
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Biomimetics in Materials Science provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical review of biomimetic materials with self-healing, self-lubricating and self-cleaning properties. These three topics are closely related and constitute rapidly developing areas of study. The field of self-healing materials requires a new conceptual understanding of this biomimetic technology, which is in contrast to traditional engineering processes such as wear and fatigue.  Biomimetics in Materials Science is the first monograph to be devoted to these materials. A new theoretical framework for these processes is presented based on the concept of multi-scale structure of entropy and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, together with a detailed review of the available technology. The latter includes experimental, modeling, and simulation results obtained on self-healing/lubricating/cleaning materials since their emergence in the past decade.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Michael Nosonovsky is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM). He is a co-author of one monograph, ten book chapters, and more than 50 research articles. For his work on the Lotus effect and biomimetic surfaces, he was honored with the 2008 Burt L. Newkirk Award by ASME.
Dr. Pradeep K. Rohatgi is Wisconsin Distinguished Professor and Director of the UWM Center for Composites. He is a pioneer in the field of composite materials, particularly metal matrix composites. Rohatgi has coauthored and edited eleven books and over four hundred scientific papers, and holds 20 U.S. patents. In 2006, he was honored with the "Rohatgi Honorary Symposium" on Solidification Processing of Metal Matrix Composites by The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomimetics in Materials Science
Book Subtitle: Self-Healing, Self-Lubricating, and Self-Cleaning Materials
Authors: Michael Nosonovsky, Pradeep K. Rohatgi
Series Title: Springer Series in Materials Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0926-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-0925-0Published: 06 December 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0050-3Published: 03 March 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-0926-7Published: 07 December 2011
Series ISSN: 0933-033X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-2812
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 418
Topics: Solid Mechanics, Polymer Sciences, Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials, Metallic Materials