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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155315703321

Autore

Wolff Jonas O

Titolo

Attachment Structures and Adhesive Secretions in Arachnids / / by Jonas O. Wolff, Stanislav N. Gorb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-45713-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 184 p. 57 illus., 38 illus. in color.)

Collana

Biologically-Inspired Systems, , 2211-0593 ; ; 7

Disciplina

574.1

Soggetti

Entomology

Animal anatomy

Biomaterials

Tribology

Corrosion and anti-corrosives

Coatings

Materials—Surfaces

Thin films

Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology

Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings

Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Overview -- 2. Mechanical attachement devices -- 3. Tape- and spatulate-shaped microstructures -- 4. Nano-Fibril -- 5. Mushroom-shaped microstructures -- 6. Suction cups -- 7. Soft adhesive tapes.-8./ Adhesive secretions -- 9. Biological function and evolutionary aspects -- 10. Comparative contact mechanics -- 11. Biomimetics: What can we learn from arachnids?.

Sommario/riassunto

This book surveys attachment structures and adhesive secretions occurring in this class of animals and discusses the relationships between structure, properties, and function in the context of evolutionary trends, and biomimetic potential. Topics comprise mechanical attachment devices, such as clamps, claws, hooks, spines



and wraps, as well as hairy and smooth adhesive pads, nano-fibrils, suction cups, and viscid and solidifying adhesives. Attachment is one of the major types of interactions between an organism and its environment. There are numerous studies that deal with this phenomenon in lizards, frogs, insects, barnacles, mussels and echinoderms, but the second largest class of animals, the Arachnida, was highly neglected so far. The authors demonstrated that most arachnid adhesive structures are highly analogous to those of insects and vertebrates, but there are also numerous unique developments with some intriguing working principles. Because arachnid attachment organs have a very strong potential of technological ideas for the development of new materials and systems, inspirations from biology could also be interesting for a broad range of topics in materials and surface engineering.