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This book covers the rapidly developing topics of hierarchical surfaces, roughness-induced superhydrophobicity and biomimetic surfaces. The first in its field, the book provides a comprehensive review of its subject and presents a background introduction.
List of contents
Surface Roughness and Hierarchical Friction Mechanisms.- Rough Surface Topography.- Mechanisms of Dry Friction, Their Scaling and Linear Properties.- Friction as a Nonlinear Hierarchical Phenomenon.- Solid-Liquid Friction and Superhydrophobicity.- Solid-Liquid Interaction and Capillary Effects.- Roughness-Induced Superhydrophobicity.- Stability of the Composite Interface, Roughness Optimization and Meniscus Force.- Cassie-Wenzel Wetting Regime Transition.- Underwater Superhydrophobicity and Dynamic Effects.- Biological and Biomimetic Surfaces.- Lotus-Effect and Water-Repellent Surfaces in Nature.- Artificial (Biomimetic) Superhydrophobic Surfaces.- Gecko-Effect and Smart Adhesion.- Other Biomimetic Surfaces.- Outlook.
About the author
Dr. Bharat Bhushan received an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971, an M.S. in mechanics and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1973 and 1976, respectively, an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, NY in 1980, Doctor Technicae from the University of Trondheim at Trondheim, Norway in 1990, a Doctor of Technical Sciences from the Warsaw University of Technology at Warsaw, Poland in 1996, and Doctor Honoris Causa from the Metal-Polymer Research Institute of National Academy of Sciences at Gomel, Belarus in 2000. He is a registered professional engineer (mechanical) and presently an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate Research Faculty Advisor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and the Director of the Nanotribology Laboratory for Information Storage & MEMS/NEMS (NLIM) at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He is an internationally recognized expert of tribology on the macro- to nanoscales, and is one of the most prolific authors in the field. He is considered by some a pioneer of the tribology and mechanics of magnetic storage devices and a leading researcher in the fields of nanotribology and nanomechanics using scanning probe microscopy and applications to micro/nanotechnology.
Summary
Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces covers the rapidly developing topics of hierarchical surfaces, roughness-induced superhydrophobicity and biomimetic surfaces. The research in these topics has been progressing rapidly in the recent years due to the advances in the nanosciences and surfaces science and due to potential applications in nanotechnology. The first in its field, this monograph provides a comprehensive review of these subjects and presents the background introduction as well as recent and new results in the area.
