Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces
Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces

Author: Michael Nosonovsky

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-06-21

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 354078425X

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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.

Biomimetics in Materials Science
Biomimetics in Materials Science

Author: Michael Nosonovsky

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-12-06

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 146140925X

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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.

Biomimetics
Biomimetics

Author: Bharat Bhushan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-02-19

Total Pages: 607

ISBN-13: 3319282840

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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.

Green Tribology
Green Tribology

Author: Michael Nosonovsky

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-01-16

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13: 3642236804

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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.

Antibacterial Surfaces
Antibacterial Surfaces

Author: Elena Ivanova

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-11-09

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 3319185942

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‘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.

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

Author: Beheshteh Sohrabi

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2024-02-06

Total Pages: 563

ISBN-13: 1527572412

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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.

Friction-Induced Vibrations and Self-Organization
Friction-Induced Vibrations and Self-Organization

Author: Michael Nosonovsky

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-08-09

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1466504048

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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

Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Nano- and Microstructures for Tribological Applications
Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Nano- and Microstructures for Tribological Applications

Author: Jörn Bonse

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2020-11-25

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 303943523X

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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.

Surfaces and Interfaces of Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Materials
Surfaces and Interfaces of Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Materials

Author: Zhiguang Guo

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-12-26

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 3527342648

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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.