Biological Micro- and Nanotribology: Nature's Solutions (NanoScience and Technology)

by StanislavS.N.Gorb (Author), Matthias Scherge (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $256.32

  By employing a combination of approaches from several disciplines the authors elucidate the principles of a variety of biomechanical systems that rely on frictional surfaces or adhesive secretions to attach parts of the body to one another or to attach organisms to a substrate. This account provides an excellent starting point for engineers and physicists working with biological systems and for biologists studying friction and adhesion. It will also serve as a valuable introduction for graduate students entering this interdisciplinary field of research.