Biomimetics In Materials Science: Self-healing, Self-lubricating, And Self-cleaning Materials (springer Series In Materials Science)
by Michael Nosonovsky /
2011 / English / PDF
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Biomimetics in Materials Science provides a comprehensive
theoretical and practical review of biomimetic materials with
self-healing, self-lubricating and self-cleaning properties. These
three topics are closely related and constitute rapidly developing
areas of study. The field of self-healing materials requires a new
conceptual understanding of this biomimetic technology, which is in
contrast to traditional engineering processes such as wear
and fatigue. Biomimetics in Materials Science is the first
monograph to be devoted to these materials. A new theoretical
framework for these processes is presented based on the concept of
multi-scale structure of entropy and non-equilibrium
thermodynamics, together with a detailed review of the available
technology. The latter includes experimental, modeling, and
simulation results obtained on self-healing/lubricating/cleaning
materials since their emergence in the past decade.
Biomimetics in Materials Science provides a comprehensive
theoretical and practical review of biomimetic materials with
self-healing, self-lubricating and self-cleaning properties. These
three topics are closely related and constitute rapidly developing
areas of study. The field of self-healing materials requires a new
conceptual understanding of this biomimetic technology, which is in
contrast to traditional engineering processes such as wear
and fatigue. Biomimetics in Materials Science is the first
monograph to be devoted to these materials. A new theoretical
framework for these processes is presented based on the concept of
multi-scale structure of entropy and non-equilibrium
thermodynamics, together with a detailed review of the available
technology. The latter includes experimental, modeling, and
simulation results obtained on self-healing/lubricating/cleaning
materials since their emergence in the past decade.
