Research Catalog

Title

Engineered biomimicry / edited by Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Raul Jose Martin-Palma.

Publication

Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2013]

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Additional Authors

• Martín-Palma, R. J. (Raúl J.)
• Lakhtakia, A. (Akhlesh), 1957-
• Martín-Palma, R. J. (Raúl J.)

Description

xxv, 465 pages : ill.; 25 cm

Summary

Engineered Biomimicry covers a broad range of research topics in the emerging discipline of biomimicry. Biologically inspired science and technology, using the principles of math and physics, has led to the development of products as ubiquitous as VelcroT (modeled after the spiny hooks on plant seeds and fruits). Readers will learn to take ideas and concepts like this from nature, implement them in research, and understand and explain diverse phenomena and their related functions. From bioinspired computing and medical products to biomimetic applications like artificial muscles, MEMS, textiles and vision sensors, Engineered Biomimicry explores a wide range of technologies informed by living natural systems. Engineered Biomimicry helps physicists, engineers and material scientists seek solutions in nature to the most pressing technical problems of our times, while providing a solid understanding of the important role of biophysics. Some physical applications include adhesion superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning, structural coloration, photonic devices, biomaterials and composite materials, sensor systems, robotics and locomotion, and ultra-lightweight structures. Explores biomimicry, a fast-growing, cross-disciplinary field in which researchers study biological activities in nature to make critical advancements in science and engineeringIntroduces bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication, and provides biological background and practical applications for each Cutting-edge topics include bio-inspired robotics, microflyers, surface modification and more.

Subject

• Biomimicry
• Bionics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Biomimetic vision sensors / Cameron H.G. Wright and Steven F. Barrett -- Noise exploitation and adaptation in neuromorphic sensors / Thamira Hindo and Shantanu Chakrabartty -- Biomimetic hard materials / Mohammad Mirkhalaf, Deju Zhu, and Francois Barthelat -- Biomimetic robotics / Ranjan Vepa -- Bioinspired and biomimetic microflyers / Jayant Sirohi -- Muscular biopolymers / Mohsen Shahinpoor -- Bioscaffolds: fabrication and performance / Princeton Carter and Narayan Bhattarai -- Surface modification for biocompatibility / Erwin A. Vogler -- Flight control using biomimetic optical sensors / Javaan Chahl and Akiko Mizutani -- Biomimetic textiles / Michael S. Ellison -- Structural colors / Natalia Dushkina and Akhlesh Lakhtakia -- Biomimetic antireflection surfaces / Blayne M. Phillips and Peng Jiang -- Biomimetic self-organization and self-healing / Torben Lenau and Thomas Hesselberg -- Solution-based techniques for biomimetics and bioreplication / Aditi S. Risbud and Michael H. Bartl -- Vapor-deposition techniques / Raúl J. Martín-Palma and Akhlesh Lakhtakia -- Atomic layer deposition for biomimicry / Lianbing Zhang and Mato Knez -- Evolutionary computation and genetic programming / Wolfgang Banzhaf.

ISBN

9780124159952

LCCN

^^2013007422

OCLC

• 824733763
• SCSB-12191365

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library