Adhesion and friction in biological systems
By: Stanislav N. Gorb, editor
Series: Biologically-inspired systems -- v. 3; Biologically-inspired systems -- 3.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9789400714441
Subjects: Adhesion; Biomechanics; Biological interfaces; Friction; Biological systems
Notes: "Previously published in: Naturwissenschaften volume 88, issue 12, 2001 and volume 85, issue 1, 2005; Applied physics A volume 100, issue 1, 2010; Journal of comparative physiology A volume 186, issue 9, 2000, volume 187, issue 12, 2001, volume 190, issue 7, 2004, volume 192, issue 11, 2006, volume 195, issue 3, 2008, volume 196, issue 9, 2010; Tribology letters volume 8, issue 1, 2000; Arthropod-plant interactions volume 1, issue 2, 2007, volume 1, issue 4, 2007, volume 2, issue 4, 2008, volume 3, issue 1, 2008, volume 4, issue 2, 2010; Applied scanning probe methods XIII, 978-3-540-85049-6, 2009; IUTAM Symposium on Scaling in Solid Mechanics, 978-1-4020-9033-2, 2007."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pollen grains adhere to the moist mouthparts in the flower visiting beetle Cetonia aurata (Scarabaeidae, Coleoptera) / F. Karolyi, S.N. Gorb & H.W. Krenn; title: Material structure, stiffness, and adhesion : why attachment pads of the grasshopper (Tettigonia viridissima) adhere more strongly than those of the locust (Locusta migratoria) (Insecta: Orthoptera) / P.P. Goodwyn ... [et al.]; title: Attachment force of the beetle Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) on leaflet surfaces of mutants of the pea Pisum sativum (Fabaceae) with regular and reduced wax coverage / E. Gorb ... [et al.]; title: Visualization of epicuticular grease on the covering wings in the Colorado potato beetle : a scanning probe approach / D. Voigt, H. Peisker & S.N. Gorb; title: Fracture behaviour of plant epicuticular wax crystals and its role in preventing insect attachment : a theoretical approach / F.M. Borodich, E.V. Gorb & S.N. Gorb; title: Microtribology of biological materials / M. Scherge & S.N. Gorb; title: Friction and adhesion in the tarsal and metatarsal scopulae of spiders / S. Niederegger & S.N. Gorb; title: Frictional properties of contacting surfaces in the hemelytra-hindwing locking mechanism in the bug Coreus marginatus (Heteroptera, Coreidae) / P.J. Perez Goodwyn & S.N. Gorb; title: Surface structure and frictional properties of the skin of the Amazon tree boa Corallus hortulanus (Squamata, Boidae) / R.A. Berthé ... [et al.]; title: Material properties of the skin of the Kenyan sand boa Gongylophis colubrinus (Squamata, Boidae) / M.-C.G. Klein, J.K. Deuschle & S.N. Gorb; title: Evolution of locomotory attachment pads of hexapods / S.N. Gorb & R.G. Beutel; title: Ultrastructural architecture and mechanical properties of attachment pads in Tettigonia viridissima (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae) / S.N. Gorb, Y. Jiao & M. Scherge; title: Contact behaviour of tenent setae in attachment pads of the blowfly Calliphora vicina (Diptera, Calliphoridae) / S. Niederegger, S.N. Gorb & Y. Jiao; title: The probable purpose of the mid-coxal prong in Brachycera (Diptera) / L.I. Frantsevich & S.N. Gorb; title: Contact mechanics at the insect-plant interface : how do insects stick and how do plants prevent this? / E.V. Gorb & S.N. Gorb; title: Insect walking techniques on thin stems / D. Gladun & S.N. Gorb; title: Plant surface-bug interactions : Dicyphus errans stalking along trichomes / D. Voigt, E.V. Gorb & S.N. Gorb; title: Locomotion in a sticky terrain / D. Voigt & S.N. Gorb.