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Functional Surfaces in Biology Adhesion Related Phenomena Volume 2 /

This book is devoted to the rapidly growing area of science dealing with structure and properties of biological surfaces in their relation to particular function(s). This volume, written by a team of specialists from different disciplines, covers various surface functions such as protection, defense...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Gorb, Stanislav N. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Adhesion Enhancement and Reduction in Biological Surfaces
  • Adhesion Enhancement
  • The Echinoderm Tube Foot and its Role in Temporary Underwater Adhesion
  • Mechanisms and Principles Underlying Temporary Adhesion, Surface Exploration and Settlement Site Selection by Barnacle Cyprids: A Short Review
  • Alternative Tasks of the Insect Arolium with Special Reference to Hymenoptera
  • Organs of Adhesion in Some Mountain-stream Teleosts of India: Structure-Function Relationship
  • Surface Characteristics of Locomotor Substrata and Their Relationship to Gekkonid Adhesion: A Case Study of Rhoptropus cf biporosus
  • Adhesion Reduction
  • Variable Attachment to Plant Surface Waxes by Predatory Insects
  • The Waxy Surface in Nepenthes Pitcher Plants: Variability, Adaptive Significance and Developmental Evolution
  • Functional Surfaces in the Pitcher of the Carnivorous Plant Nepenthes alata: A Cryo-Sem Approach.