Biological Adhesive Systems : From Nature to Technical and Medical Application - Byern, Janek; Grunwald, Ingo.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
A -- Bonding Single Pollen Grains Together: How and Why? -- Deadly Glue - Adhesive Traps of Carnivorous Plants -- Bonding Tactics in Ctenophores - Morphology and Function of the Colloblast System -- Gastropod Secretory Glands and Adhesive Gels -- Characterization of the Adhesive Systems in Cephalopods -- Unravelling the Sticky Threads of Sea Cucumbers - A Comparative Study on Cuvierian Tubule Morphology and Histochemistry -- Adhesion Mechanisms Developed by Sea Stars: A Review of the Ultrastructure and Composition of Tube Feet and Their Secretion -- Adhesive Exocrine Glands in Insects: Morphology, Ultrastructure, and Adhesive Secretion -- Mechanisms of Adhesion in Adult Barnacles -- Morphology of the Adhesive System in the Sandcastle Worm, Phragmatopoma californica -- Adhesive Dermal Secretions of the Amphibia, with Particular Reference to the Australian Limnodynastid Genus Notaden -- B -- Renewable (Biological) Compounds in Adhesives for Industrial Applications -- Bio-inspired Polyphenolic Adhesives for Medical and Technical Applications -- Medical Products and Their Application Range -- Fibrin: The Very First Biomimetic Glue - Still a Great Tool -- Properties and Potential Alternative Applications of Fibrin Glue -- Biodegradable (Meth)acrylate-based Adhesives for Surgical Applications -- Byssus Formation in Mytilus -- Wet Performance of Biomimetic Fibrillar Adhesives.
Keywords: Biomaterials; Animal anatomy; Materials science; Biomaterials; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials