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Book Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces

Download or read book Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces written by Michael Nosonovsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-06-21 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces covers the rapidly developing topics of hierarchical surfaces, roughness-induced superhydrophobicity and biomimetic surfaces. The research in these topics has been progressing rapidly in the recent years due to the advances in the nanosciences and surfaces science and due to potential applications in nanotechnology. The first in its field, this monograph provides a comprehensive review of these subjects and presents the background introduction as well as recent and new results in the area.

Book Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces

Download or read book Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces written by Jacob Tyler and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces covers the rapidly developing topics of hierarchical surfaces, roughness-induced superhydrophobicity and biomimetic surfaces. The research in these topics has been progressing rapidly in the recent years due to the advances in the nanosciences and surfaces science and due to potential applications in nanotechnology. The first in its field, this monograph provides a comprehensive review of these subjects and presents the background introduction as well as recent and new results in the area.

Book Biomimetics in Materials Science

Download or read book Biomimetics in Materials Science written by Michael Nosonovsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Biomimetics

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bharat Bhushan
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2016-02-19
  • ISBN : 3319282840
  • Pages : 607 pages

Download or read book Biomimetics written by Bharat Bhushan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised, updated and expanded new edition presents an overview of biomimetics and biologically inspired structured surfaces. It deals with various examples of biomimetics which include surfaces with roughness-induced superomniphobicity, self-cleaning, antifouling, and controlled adhesion. The focus in the book is on the Lotus Effect, Salvinia Effect, Rose Petal Effect, Oleophobic/philic Surfaces, Shark Skin Effect, and Gecko Adhesion. This new edition also contains new chapters on the butterfly wing effect, bio- and inorganic fouling and structure and Properties of Nacre and structural coloration.

Book Green Tribology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Nosonovsky
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-01-16
  • ISBN : 3642236804
  • Pages : 630 pages

Download or read book Green Tribology written by Michael Nosonovsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tribology is the study of friction, wear and lubrication. Recently, the concept of “green tribology” as “the science and technology of the tribological aspects of ecological balance and of environmental and biological impacts” was introduced. The field of green tribology includes tribological technology that mimics living nature (biomimetic surfaces) and thus is expected to be environmentally friendly, the control of friction and wear that is of importance for energy conservation and conversion, environmental aspects of lubrication and surface modification techniques, and tribological aspects of green applications such as wind-power turbines or solar panels. This book is the first comprehensive volume on green tribology. The chapters are prepared by leading experts in their fields and cover such topics as biomimetics, environmentally friendly lubrication, tribology of wind turbines and renewable sources of energy, and ecological impact of new technologies of surface treatment.

Book Antibacterial Surfaces

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elena Ivanova
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2015-11-09
  • ISBN : 3319185942
  • Pages : 175 pages

Download or read book Antibacterial Surfaces written by Elena Ivanova and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Antibacterial Surfaces’ covers the advances being made in the design of antibacterial surfaces, which have the ability to either prevent the initial attachment of bacterial cells, or kill any cells that come into contact with these surfaces. This book discusses the mechanisms associated with the attachment of bacteria to surfaces and the main strategies currently being employed to control the initial attachment processes. These strategies are expanded upon in the subsequent chapters, where the definition and description of antibacterial surfaces are clarified, as are the mechanisms that come into play when determining the effectiveness of an antibacterial surface. Subsequent chapters discuss a number of naturally occurring antibacterial surfaces, the methods currently being used for producing synthetic antibacterial surfaces, and the current and potential applications of such materials. This book will be of great interest to people who work with materials that need to remain free of bacterial films, from designing safer biomedical implants to the production of self-cleaning materials where the prevention of biofilm formation has significant economic advantages.

Book Surface Engineering of Graphene and Graphene Quantum Dots for Industrial and Medical Applications

Download or read book Surface Engineering of Graphene and Graphene Quantum Dots for Industrial and Medical Applications written by Beheshteh Sohrabi and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the synthesis, characterization, and applications of graphene and its derivatives. It covers advancements in improving graphene quality, surface engineering methods, and increasing material functionality. The topics covered include functionalized graphene, graphene quantum dots, novel device fabrication approaches, and diverse applications. The book also investigates the fundamental principles of characterizing graphene and its derivatives, along with electronic structures, theoretical investigations, and computational analyses relevant to their applications, synthesis, and properties. The chapters are organized to cover these topics, starting with a general overview of surface chemistry and its concepts for surface engineering of graphene, the fundamental properties of graphene and its derivatives, their synthesis, and applications in numerous fields, and concludes with a future perspective. Significantly, for the first time, both industrial and medical applications are gathered in one book, enabling us to discuss the confrontation of medical and industrial applications of graphene and graphene quantum dots.

Book Friction Induced Vibrations and Self Organization

Download or read book Friction Induced Vibrations and Self Organization written by Michael Nosonovsky and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-08-09 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many scientists and engineers do not realize that, under certain conditions, friction can lead to the formation of new structures at the interface, including in situ tribofilms and various patterns. In turn, these structures-usually formed by destabilization of the stationary sliding regime-can lead to the reduction of friction and wear. Friction-I

Book Laser Induced Periodic Surface Nano  and Microstructures for Tribological Applications

Download or read book Laser Induced Periodic Surface Nano and Microstructures for Tribological Applications written by Jörn Bonse and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the printed edition of the Special Issue published in Materials. The book provides an overview of current international research activities in the field of friction and wear management through the laser processing of periodic surface micro- and nanostructures for technical and medical applications. Contributions of renowned scientists from academia and industry provide a bridge between the fields of tribology and laser material processing in order to foster current knowledge and present new ideas for future applications and new technologies.

Book The Thirteenth Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2011  Programme and the Book of Abstracts

Download or read book The Thirteenth Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2011 Programme and the Book of Abstracts written by Uskokovic, Dragan P. and published by Materials Research Society of Serbia. This book was released on with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Surfaces and Interfaces of Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Materials

Download or read book Surfaces and Interfaces of Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Materials written by Zhiguang Guo and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and systematic treatment that focuses on surfaces and interfaces phenomena inhabited in biomimetic superhydrophobic materials, offering new fundamentals and novel insights. As such, this new book covers the natural surfaces, fundamentals, fabrication methods and exciting applications of superhydrophobic materials, with particular attention paid to the smart surfaces that can show switchable and reversible water wettability under external stimuli, such as pH, temperature, light, solvents, and electric fields. It also includes recent theoretical advances of superhydrophobic surfaces with regard to the wetting process, and some promising breakthroughs to promote this theory. As a result, materials scientists, physicists, physical chemists, chemical engineers, and biochemists will benefit greatly from a deeper understanding of this topic.

Book Modeling and Simulation of Tribological Problems in Technology

Download or read book Modeling and Simulation of Tribological Problems in Technology written by Marco Paggi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book conveys, in a self-contained manner, the fundamental concepts for classifying types of contact, the essential mathematical methods for the formulation of contact problems, and the numerical methods required for their solution. In addition to the methodologies, it covers a broad range of applications, including contact problems in mechanical engineering, microelectronics and nanomechanics. All chapters provide both substantial background on the theory and numerical methods, and in-depth treatments of cutting-edge research topics and applications. The book is primarily intended for doctoral students of applied mathematics, mechanics, engineering and physics with a strong interest in the theoretical modelling, numerical simulation and experimental characterization of contact problems in technology. It will also benefit researchers in the above mentioned and neighbouring fields working in academia or at private research and development centres who are interested in a concise yet comprehensive overview of contact mechanics, from its fundamental mathematical background, to the computational methods and the experimental techniques currently available for the solution of contact problems.

Book Nanotribology and Nanomechanics II

Download or read book Nanotribology and Nanomechanics II written by Bharat Bhushan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-05-30 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comprehensive reference and textbook serves as a timely, practical introduction to the principles of nanotribology and nanomechanics. Assuming some familiarity with macroscopic tribology, the book comprises chapters by internationally recognized experts, who integrate knowledge of the field from the mechanics and materials-science perspectives. They cover key measurement techniques, their applications, and theoretical modelling of interfaces, each beginning their contributions with macro- and progressing to microconcepts.

Book Bioinspired Materials Surfaces

Download or read book Bioinspired Materials Surfaces written by Yongmei Zheng and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-08-09 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the functions and models of biological surfaces with unique wettability and elucidates the methods to realize bioinspired surfaces. It discusses the theory and mechanism of fabrication that will help researchers to understand the nature of functional surfaces and to design them better for various applications. A model can be extracted from biological surfaces, such as lotus leaf, spider silk, butterfly wing, and beetle back, and learning from these natural biological features has gained more attention in recent years. The purpose of this learning is to develop new functional materials related to the research areas of physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science, such as some promising applications for micro-fluidic devices and functional textiles as well as corrosion resistance, liquid transportation, antifogging, and water-collecting engineering systems. The book is a good resource for researchers, engineers, scientists, and also students and general readers with innovative ideas for designing novel materials for future scientific works.

Book Composite Materials

Download or read book Composite Materials written by Kamal K. Kar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composite materials are used as substitutions of metals/traditional materials in aerospace, automotive, civil, mechanical and other industries. The present book collects the current knowledge and recent developments in the characterization and application of composite materials. To this purpose the volume describes the outstanding properties of this class of advanced material which recommend it for various industrial applications.

Book Self Cleaning Materials and Surfaces

Download or read book Self Cleaning Materials and Surfaces written by Walid A. Daoud and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With increasing demand for hygienic, self-disinfecting and contamination free surfaces, interest in developing self-cleaning protective materials and surfaces has grown rapidly in recent times. This new title comprises of invited chapters from renowned researchers in the area of self-cleaning nano-coatings and the result is a comprehensive review of current research on both hydrophobic and hydrophilic (photocatalytic effect) self-cleaning materials.

Book Advances in Contact Angle  Wettability and Adhesion  Volume 1

Download or read book Advances in Contact Angle Wettability and Adhesion Volume 1 written by K. L. Mittal and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-16 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic of wettabilty is extremely important from both fundamental and applied aspects. The applications of wettability range from self-cleaning windows to micro- and nanofluidics. This book represents the cumulative wisdom of a contingent of world-class (researchers engaged in the domain of wettability. In the last few years there has been tremendous interest in the "Lotus Leaf Effect" and in understanding its mechanism and how to replicate this effect for myriad applications. The topics of superhydrophobicity, omniphobicity and superhydrophilicity are of much contemporary interest and these are covered in depth in this book.