Biological Adhesive Systems : From Nature to Technical and Medical Application /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Byern, Janek. (Editor), Grunwald, Ingo. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.