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Title Focus on biomimetics research / editors, Abele Scipione
Published Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2012]

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Series Computer science, technology and applications
Contents FOCUS ON BIOMIMETICS RESEARCH ; FOCUS ON BIOMIMETICS RESEARCH ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; BIOMIMICRY, MICROSYSTEMS, AND BONE ; ABSTRACT ; BIOMIMICRY ; BONE ; BONE REMODELING ; THE BONE CELLS ; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY AND BONE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION OF BONE CELLS ; POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS OF IN VITRO MODEL SYSTEMS ; MICROFLUIDICS ; FABRICATION TECHNIQUES ; LAMINAR FLOW ; MICROFILTERS ; MICROMIXERS ; MICROVALVES ; DATA ANALYSIS ; MICROFLUIDICS AND BONE ; APPLICATIONS OF MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES ; CELL CULTURE ; WHOLE CELL ANALYSIS; SAMPLE PREPARATION AND TECHNIQUES
POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ANALYSISIN MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS PROTEIN ANALYSIS ; IMMUNOASSAYS ; PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF CELLS; COMMUNICATION STUDIES USING MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; BIOMIMETIC ADHESIVES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; Definition of Biomimetics; Biomimetic Adhesives ; ADHESION MECHANISMS ; 1. Chemical Adhesion ; 2. Wet Adhesion or Capillarity ; 3. Dry (van der Waals) Adhesion ; ADHESIVE TYPES AND APPLICATIONS ; Chemical Adhesion ; Sandcastle Worm ; Potential Uses of Sandcastle Worms Inspired Adhesives; Echinoderms ; 1. Tube Feet ; 2. Larval Adhesion
3. Sea Cucumber Potential Uses of Echinoderms Inspired Adhesives; Barnacles ; Potential Uses of Barnacles Inspired Adhesives ; Marine Mussels ; Potential Uses of Marine Mussels Inspired Adhesives ; Wet Adhesion or Capillarity; Tree Frogs ; Potential Uses of Tree Frogs Inspired Adhesives ; Insects ; Potential Uses of Insects Inspired Adhesives ; Dry Adhesion (van der Waals Adhesion) ; Geckos ; Potential Uses of Gecko Inspired Adhesives ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES; BIOMIMETIC PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FROM BUTTERFLY WINGS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION
SONOCHEMICAL METHOD TOWARDS REPLICATION OF PHOTONIC STRUCTURES FROM BUTTERFLY WINGSCU-DOPED WO3 MATERIALS WITH PHOTONIC STRUCTURES FROM BUTTERFLY WINGS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE SENSORS ; REPLICATION OF POLYPYRROLE WITH PHOTONIC STRUCTURES FROM BUTTERFLY WINGS AS BIOSENSOR ; CONCLUSION ; EXPERIMENTAL SECTION ; 1. Synthesis of TiO2, SnO2, SiO2 Replicas with Photonic Structures ; 2. Cu Dopped WO3 with Photonic Structures ; 3. Synthesis of Biomorphic PPy with Photonic Structures ; 4. Measurement of Biomolecule Sensing Properties ; 5. Characterization ; REFERENCES ; BIOMIMETIC MOLECULAR SWITCHES
ABSTRACT 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. NATURAL MOLECULAR DEVICES; 3. BIOINSPIRED ARTIFICIAL MOLECULAR DEVICES ; 3.1. Rhodopsin-Based Molecular Photoswitches; 3.2. GFP-based Molecular Photoswitches ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; A VOLTAMMETRIC SENSOR BASED ON A HEMIN MODIFIED MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE FOR HYDROQUINOME DETERMINATION IN PHARMACEUTICAL SAMPLES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. METHODOLOGY ; 1.1. Equipment ; 1.2. Reagents ; 1.3. Preparation of the Hemin Modified MWCNT Paste Electrode ; 2. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; 2.1. Performance Evaluation of the Voltammetric Sensor
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Bionics.
Biomimicry.
Biomimetics.
Bionics
Biomimetics
COMPUTERS -- Cybernetics.
Biomimetics
Biomimicry
Bionics
Form Electronic book
Author Scipione, Abele
LC no. 2020677595
ISBN 1624173330
9781624173332