Overview
Presents green tribology
Important for lubrication engineering
Gives information on biomimetic surfaces, self-cleaning surfaces, surface-healing and friction in living nature
Important chapter on the Lotus effect and surface microstructuring
Practical information on antifouling surfaces and tribology of wind power turbines
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Introduction
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Biomimetics surfaces, materials and methods
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Green and sustainable lubricants and materials
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Michael Nosonovsky is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. For his work on the scale effect in friction and biomimetic surfaces he was honored in 2008 by ASME Burt L. Newkirk award
Prof. Bharat Bhushan is Ohio Eminent Scholar and Howard D. Winbigler Professor Director of Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- and Nanotechnology and Biomimetics at Ohio State University. He is an author and editor of more than 10 monographs and about 700 research articles and one of the most prominent tribologists in the world.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Green Tribology
Book Subtitle: Biomimetics, Energy Conservation and Sustainability
Editors: Michael Nosonovsky, Bharat Bhushan
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23681-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-23680-8Published: 16 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43525-6Published: 22 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-23681-5Published: 15 January 2012
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 634
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings, Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Sustainable Development