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001 2009927034
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008 090417s2009 ne ab e b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2009927034
020 $a9781402066962 (v. 1)
020 $a1402066961 (v. 1)
020 $a9781402066948 (v. 2)
020 $a1402066945 (v. 2)
020 $a9781402099946
020 $a1402099940
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn501072531
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050 00 $aQP517.S87$bF867 2009
245 00 $aFunctional surfaces in biology /$cedited by Stanislav N. Gorb.
260 $aDordrecht :$bSpringer,$cc2009-
300 $av. <1> :$bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $av. 1. Little structures with big effects. Introduction : surface properties and their functions in biological systems / Stanislav Gorb -- Biological properties of fruit and seed slime envelope : how to live, fly, and not die / Agnieszka Kreitschitz -- Easily damaged integument of some sawflies (Hymenoptera) is part of a defence strategy against predators / Jean-Luc Boevé -- Water repellence in gecko skin : how do geckos keep clean? / Uwe N. Hiller -- Anti-wetting surfaces in Heteroptera (Insecta) : hairy solutions to any problem / Pablo Perez-Goodwyn -- Water repellent properties of spiders : topographical variations and functional correlates / Gail E. Stratton and Robert B. Suter -- Dry in the water : the superhydrophobic water fern Salvinia - a model for biomimetic surfaces / Zdenek Cerman, Boris F. Striffler, and Wilhelm Barthlott -- Brochosomal coatings of the integument of leaflhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) / Roman A. Rakitov --Pull, push and evaporate : the role of surfaces in plant water transport / Anita Roth-Nebelsick -- Molding and carving cell surfaces : the joke of a fold and the origin and evolution of feathers / Lorenzo Alibardi -- Surface structure of sound emission organs in Urania moths / Alejandro Barro ... [et al.] -- Functional coupling of cercal filiform hairs and campaniform sensilla in crickets / Ralph Heusslein, Heribert Gras, and Werner Gnatzy -- Advanced photonic systems on the wing-scales of Lepidoptera / Peter Vukusic -- Sub-micron structures causing reflection and antireflection in animals / Andrew R. Parker -- Surface colors of insects : wings and eyes / Doekele G. Stavenga -- Butterfly photonics : form and function / Abigail L. Ingram.
505 0 $av. 2. Adhesion related phenomena. The echinoderm tube foot and its role in temporary underwater adhesion / Romana Santos ... [et al.] -- Mechanisms and principles underlying temporary adhesion, surface exploration and settlement site selection by barnacle cyprids : a short review / Nicolas Aldred and Anthony S. Clare -- Alternative tasks of the insect arolium with special reference to Hymenoptera / Dmytro Gladun, Stanislav N. Gorb and Leonid I. Frantsevich -- Organs of adhesion in some mountain-stream teleosts of India : structure-function relationship / Debasish Das and Tapas C. Nag -- Surface characteristics of locomotor substrata and their relationship to gekkonid adhesion : a case study of Rhoptropus cf biporosus / Megan Johnson, Anthony Russell and Sonia Delannoy -- Variable attachment to plant surface waxes by predatory insects / Sanford D. Eigenbrode ... [et al.] -- The waxy surface in Nepenthes pitcher plants : variability, adaptive significance and developmental evolution / Bruno Di Giusto ... [et al.] -- Functional surfaces in the pitcher of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata : a cryo-sem approach / Elena V. Gorb and Stanislav N. Gorb.
650 0 $aBiological interfaces.
650 0 $aSurfaces (Technology)
650 0 $aAdhesion.
650 0 $aSurface chemistry.
700 1 $aGorb, Stanislav.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2009927034-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2009927034-d.html