Little Structures with Big Effects

Name: Little Structures with Big Effects
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ISBN: 9781402066962

ISBN-10: 1402066961

ISBN-13: 9781402066962

Edition: 2009

Authors: Stanislav N. Gorb

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Book details

List price: $179.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 10/26/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English



Volume


Introduction: Surface Properties and their Functions in Biological Systems




Protection and Defence



Biological Properties of Fruit and Seed Slime Envelope: How to Live, Fly, and Not Die




Easily Damaged Integument of Some Sawflies (Hymenoptera) is Part of a Defence Strategy Against Predators




Anti-wetting



Water Repellence in Gecko Skin: How Do Geckos Keep Clean?




Anti-Wetting Surfaces in Heteroptera (Insecta): Hairy Solutions to Any Problem




Water Repellent Properties of Spiders: Topographical Variations and Functional Correlates




Dry in the Water: The Superhydrophobic Water Fern Salvinia - a Model for Biomimetic Surfaces




Brochosomal Coatings of the Integument of Leafhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae)




Transport



Pull, Push and Evaporate: The Role of Surfaces in Plant Water Transport




Aerodynamics



Molding and Carving Cell Surfaces: The Joke of a Fold and the Origin and Evolution of Feathers




Acoustics



Surface Structure of Sound Emission Organs in Urania Moths




Sensory Systems



Functional Coupling of Cereal Filiform Hairs and Campaniform Sensilla in Crickets




Optics



Advanced Photonic Systems on the Wing-Scales of Lepidoptera




Sub-micron Structures Causing Reflection and Antireflection in Animals




Surface Colors of Insects: Wings and Eyes




Butterfly Photonics: Form and Function



Color Plates


Index