Functional Surfaces in Biology III Diversity of the Physical Phenomena /
This book is devoted to the rapidly growing area of science dealing with structure and properties of biological surfaces in their relation to particular functions. This volume, written by a team of specialists from different disciplines, covers various biological surface functions: sensing, colorati...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017. |
| Series: | Biologically-Inspired Systems,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74144-4 |
Table of 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).