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Attachment Structures and Adhesive Secretions in Arachnids

By: Jonas O. Wolff,Stanislav N. Gorb

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Attachment Structures and Adhesive Secretions in Arachnids

By: Jonas O. Wolff,Stanislav N. Gorb

This book surveys attachment structures and adhesive secretions occurring in this class of animals and discusses the relationships between structure, properties, and function in the context of evolutionary trends, and biomimetic potential. Topics comprise mechanical attachment devices, such as clamps, claws, hooks, spines and wraps, as well as hairy and smooth adhesive pads, nano-fibrils, suction cups, and viscid and solidifying adhesives. Attachment is one of the major types of interactions between an organism and its environment. There are numerous studies that deal with this phenomenon in lizards, frogs, insects, barnacles, mussels and echinoderms, but the second largest class of animals, the Arachnida, was highly neglected so far. The authors demonstrated that most arachnid adhesive structures are highly analogous to those of insects and vertebrates, but there are also numerous unique developments with some intriguing working principles. Because arachnid attachment organs have a very strong potential of technological ideas for the development of new materials and systems, inspirations from biology could also be interesting for a broad range of topics in materials and surface engineering.

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3319457136

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9783319457130

Combined Discrete and Continual Approaches in Biological Modelling

By: Alexander E. Filippov,Stanislav N. Gorb

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Combined Discrete and Continual Approaches in Biological Modelling

By: Alexander E. Filippov,Stanislav N. Gorb

Basic laws of nature are rather simple, but observed biological structures and their dynamic behaviors are unbelievably complicated. This book is devoted to a study of this “strange” relationship by applying mathematical modeling to various structures and phenomena in biology, such as surface patterns, bioadhesion, locomotion, predator-prey behavior, seed dispersal, etc. and revealing a kind of self-organization in these phenomena. In spite of diversity of biological systems considered, two main questions are (1) what does self-organization in biology mean mathematically and (2) how one can apply this knowledge to generate new knowledge about behavior of particular biological system? We believe that this kind of “biomimetics” in computer will lead to better understanding of biological phenomena and possibly towards development of technical implications based on our modeling.

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327

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Springer Nature

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3030415287

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9783030415280

Biological Micro- and Nanotribology

Nature’s Solutions

By: Matthias Scherge,Stanislav S. N. Gorb

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Biological Micro- and Nanotribology

Nature’s Solutions

By: Matthias Scherge,Stanislav S. N. Gorb

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.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662044315

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Attachment Devices of Insect Cuticle

By: Stanislav S. N. Gorb

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Attachment Devices of Insect Cuticle

By: Stanislav S. N. Gorb

In 1974 when I published my book, Biological Mechanism of Attachment, not many pages were required to report on the attachment devices of insect cuticles. As in most fields of research, our knowledge on this specific subject has simply exploded. Dr. Stanislav N. Gorb now describes the present day level of our knowledge, to which he has personally contributed so much, and a research team working on biological microtribology has gradually developed, also. With modern methods of measurement it is possible to enter the structure – function relationship much more deeply, even down to a molecular level, which was not possible two and a half decades ago. It is a well known fact that, in biology, the more sophisticated the measuring method, the greater the achievement of biological fundamental research, and its resulting evidence. Our knowledge remains at a certain level until new methods once more permit a forward leap. Biological knowledge develops in the form of a stepped curve rather than linear, as reflected in the studies carried out on the attachment devices of insect cuticles.

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Book's by Stanislav N. Gorb

Attachment Structures and Adhesive Secretions in Arachnids

Attachment Structures and Adhesive Secretions in Arachnids

Combined Discrete and Continual Approaches in Biological Modelling

Combined Discrete and Continual Approaches in Biological Modelling

Biological Micro- and Nanotribology

Biological Micro- and Nanotribology

Attachment Devices of Insect Cuticle

Attachment Devices of Insect Cuticle

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