Full Description
This book presents an overview of the general field of biomimetics and biologically inspired, hierarchically structured surfaces. It deals with various examples of biomimetics, which include surfaces with roughness-induced super-phobicity/philicity, self-cleaning, antifouling, low drag, low/high/reversible adhesion, drag reduction in fluid flow, reversible adhesion, surfaces with high hardness and mechanical toughness, vivid colors produced structurally without color pigments, self-healing, water harvesting and purification, and insect locomotion and stinging. The focus in the book is on the Lotus Effect, Salvinia Effect, Rose Petal Effect, Superoleophobic/philic Surfaces, Shark Skin and Skimmer Bird Effect, Rice Leaf and Butterfly Wing Effect, Gecko Adhesion, Insects Locomotion and Stinging, Self-healing Materials, Nacre, Structural Coloration, and Nanofabrication. This is the first book of this kind on bioinspired surfaces, and the third edition represents asignificant expansion from the previous two editions.
Contents
Introduction.- Roughness-Induced Superliquiphilic/phobic Surfaces: Lessons from Nature.- Modeling of Contact Angle for a Liquid in Contact with a Rough Surface for Various Wetting Regimes.- Lotus Effect Surfaces in Nature.- Fabrication Techniques used for Superliquiphilic/phobic Structures.- Strategies of Micro-, Nano- and Hierarchically Structured Lotus-like Surfaces.- Fabrication and Characterization of Mechanically Durable Superhydrophobic Surfaces.- Fabrication and Characterization of Micropatterned Structures Inspired by Salvinia Molesta.- Characterization of Rose Petals and Fabrication and Characterization of Superhydrophobic Surfaces with High and Low Adhesion.- Modeling and Strategies of Superoleophobic/philic Surfaces.- Fabrication and Characterization of Superoleophilic/phobic Surfaces.- Shark-Skin Surface for Fluid-Drag Reduction in Turbulent Flow.- Black Skimmer Surfaces for Fluid-Drag Reduction in Turbulent Flow.- Gecko Adhesion.- Structure and Mechanical Properties of Nacre.- Self-Healing Materials.- Outlook.
