Functional surfaces in biology. Diversity of the physical phenomena / III, (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Diversity of the physical phenomena
• Further Information: Note: Stanislav N. Gorb, Elena V. Gorb, editors.
• Editors: Gorb, Stanislav N; Gorb, Elena V
• Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Adhesion of parasitic worms (Paolo Galli, WeiLim Wong, Peter Ladurn) -- Chapter3. Clingfish adhesion (Petra Ditsche-Kuru) -- Chapter4. Possible role of gradients in insect adhesion (Stanislav Gorb) -- Chapter5. Cell adhesion to soft/hard substrates (Selhuber-Unkel) -- Chapter6. Ontogenetic shift in insect adhesion (Dagmar Voigt and Daniel Zurek) -- Chapter7. Biochemistry aspects of insect adhesion (Betz Oliver) -- Chapter8. Modelling of biological adhesion (Popov Valentin and Alex Filippov) -- Chapter9. Bed bug adhesion (Reinhardt Klaus) -- Chapter10. Pollinia adhesion to insect surfaces (Thielen Marc) -- Chapter11. Surface effects of carnivorous plants (Speck Thomas and Holger Bohn) -- Chapter12. Treefrog adhesion (Jon Barnes) -- Chapter13. Attachment discs of arachnics (Jonas Wolff) -- Chapter14. Attachment devices of parasitic flies (Dennis Petersen and Stanislav Gorb) -- Chapter15. Snail adhesion (Andrew Smith).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 268 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 571.6/3; Life sciences; Biological interfaces; Botany; Zoology; Cytology_xResearch_xMethodology; Biomaterials; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology; Biological interfaces; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biophysics; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Zoology & animal sciences; Biology, life sciences; Biophysics; Materials science; Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Botany & plant sciences; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319741444; 3319741446
• Related ISBNs: 9783319741437; 3319741438
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 28, 2018).
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