Biomimetics in Materials Science provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical review of biomimetic materials with self-healing, self-lubricating and self-cleaning properties. These three topics are closely related and constitute rapidly developing areas of study. The field of self-healing materials requires a new conceptual understanding of this biomimetic technology, which is in contrast to traditional engineering processes such as wear and fatigue. Biomimetics in Materials Science is the first monograph to be devoted to these materials. A new theoretical framework for these processes is presented based on the concept of multi-scale structure of entropy and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, together with a detailed review of the available technology. The latter includes experimental, modeling, and simulation results obtained on self-healing/lubricating/cleaning materials since their emergence in the past decade.
Author(s): Michael Nosonovsky, Pradeep K. Rohatgi (auth.)
Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 152
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 418
City: New York, NY
Tags: Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Polymer Sciences; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods; Metallic Materials
Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Introduction....Pages 1-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Thermodynamic Principles of Self-Healing Metallic Materials....Pages 25-51
Case Study of Self-Healing in Metallic Composite with Embedded Low Melting Temperature Solders....Pages 53-73
Surface Healing: A Case Study....Pages 75-85
Development of Metallic and Metal Matrix Composite Self-Healing Materials....Pages 87-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Friction, Wear, and Self-Lubrication....Pages 125-151
Thermodynamic Methods in Tribology and Friction-Induced Self-Organization....Pages 153-194
Tribological Properties of Metal Matrix Composites....Pages 195-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Thermodynamic Foundations of Wetting and Capillary Phenomena....Pages 239-273
Superhydrophobicity....Pages 275-318
Lotus Effect and Self-Cleaning....Pages 319-341
Self-Cleaning in the Water Flow....Pages 343-354
Artificial Self-Cleaning Surfaces....Pages 355-374
Outlook....Pages 375-378
Back Matter....Pages 379-415
