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Remarkable Natural Material Surfaces and Their Engineering Potential

By Michelle Lee (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
978-3-319-03124-8, 978-3-319-03125-5
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-03125-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7710573 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
163\171
Time added
2014-04-13 05:00:00
Surfaces and InterfacesThin Films; Ecology; Popular Science in Nature and

Description

This book explores a collection of natural surfaces, their scientific characteristics and their unique engineering potential – demonstrating that engineering applications can be found in unexpected places. The surfaces covered range from botanical ones, like rice and lotus leaves, to insect surfaces, like butterfly and dragonfly wings. The variety of surfaces and numerous engineering potentials described show how biomimicry can be utilized to solve countless real‐world problems.

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