Edward Bormashenko

Bioinspired Materials and Metamaterials

A New Look at the Materials Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines advances in bioinspired materials and metamaterials and investigates how their tailor-engineered properties enable the design of devices and the ability to solve complex societal problems that are impossible with traditional materials. It surveys their design and properties and the way they enter engineering applications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032014036
• ISBN-10: 1032014032
• Artikelnr.: 70150403

Autorenporträt

Edward Bormashenko is a Professor of Materials Science and the Head of the Laboratory of Interface Science at Ariel University in Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Bioinspired Materials. Introduction to Main Physical Notions. Surface
Tension and Viscosity. 2. Bioinspired Materials. Wetting of Real Surfaces.
Lotus Effect. 3. The Rose Petal Effect. 4. Salvinia Effect. 5. Shark Skin
Effect. 6. Gecko-Effect and Novel Adhesives. 7. Waves. 8. Refraction Index
and Its Origin. 9. Electromagnetic Metamaterials, Negative Refractive Index
Materials. 10. The Effect of Negative Mass and Negative Density, and
Acoustic Metamaterials.