Bioadhesion and biomimetics : from nature to applications /: from nature to applications. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Havazelet Bianco-Peled, Maya Davidovich-Pinhas.
• Editors: Bianco-Peled, Havazelet; Davidovich-Pinhas, Maya
• Contents: Introduction Principles of Bioadhesion; Professor John D Smart, University of Brighton, UK Characterization of Bioadhesion; Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, David S. Jones, Gavin P. Andrews, Ravi Sheshala Natural Adhesives Mussel adhesives; Hongbo Zeng, Qingye Lu, Bin Yan, Jun Huang, Lin Li, Zhi Liao Gecko adhesion; Joseph C. Cremaldi, Kejia Jin and Noshir S. Pesika From Sand Tube to Test-Tube: The Adhesive Secretion from Sabellariid TubeWo;;rms Hennebert E., Maldonado B., Van De Weerdt C., Demeuldre M., Richter K., Rischka K., Flammang P. Section III: Biomimetic Adhesives Chapter Six: Adhesives and Coatings Inspired by Mussel Adhesive Proteins Hao Meng, Yuan Liu, Morgan M. Cencer, Bruce P. Lee Chapter Seven: Algae mimetics Ronit Bitton, Ben Guriun University, Israel Chapter Eight: Bio-inspired surfaces with directional adhesion Luciano Afferrant Section IV: Medical Applications Chapter Nine: Surgical sealants Leslie John Ray Foster Chapter Ten: Bioadhesive systems for drug delivery Ryan F. Donnelly and A. David Woolfson Chapter Eleven: Preventing adhesion on medical devices Pilar Teixeira and Fernanda Gomes
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Pan Stanford Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 541.33; Adhesives; Surface chemistry; Biomimetics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789814463997
• Related ISBNs: 9789814463980
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