Mechanical Self-Assembly
Subtitle: Science and Applications
By: edited by Xi Chen
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Publisher: Springer New York; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781461445623
Subjects: Engineering; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Applied Mechanics; Nanotechnology; Biomedical engineering; Thin Films Surface and Interface Science
Description: <p><i>Mechanical Self-Assembly: Science and Applications</i> introduces a novel category of self-assembly driven by mechanical forces. This book discusses self-assembly in various types of small material structures including thin films, surfaces, and micro- and nano-wires, as well as the practice's potential application in micro and nanoelectronics, MEMS/NEMS, and biomedical engineering. The mechanical self-assembly process is inherently quick, simple, and cost-effective, as well as accessible to a large number of materials, such as curved surfaces for forming three-dimensional small structures. Mechanical self-assembly is complementary to, and sometimes offer advantages over, the traditional micro- and nano-fabrication. </p><p>This book also:</p><p>Presents a highly original aspect of the science of self-assembly</p><p>Describes the novel methods of mechanical assembly used to fabricate a variety of new three-dimensional material structures in simple and cost-effective ways</p><p>Provides simple insights to a number of biological systems and processes</p><p>Elucidates underlying mechanics principles of spontaneous pattern formations</p><p><i>Mechanical Self-Assembly: Science and Applications</i> is an ideal book for graduate students and engineers involved in the field of mechanical self-assembly.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
Table of contents: title: Mechanical Self-Assembly in Nature; title: Mechanical Self-Assembly vs. Morphogenesis; title: Shaping by Active Deformation of Soft Elastic Sheets; title: Ion Beam Induced Self-Assembled Wrinkles; title: A Kinetics Approach to Surface Wrinkling of Elastic Thin Films; title: Crease Instability on the Surface of a Solid; title: Buckling Delamination of Compressed Thin Films; title: Delaminated Film Buckling Microchannels; title: Mechanical Self-Assembly on Curved Substrates. <p> </p><p> </p>.