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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Nosonovsky, Michael | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-06T07:32:27Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-06T07:32:27Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-4614-0926-7 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/40817 | - |
| dc.description | This book describes this new and expanding area of materials that have the ability for self-organization, including self-healing, self-lubricating, and self-cleaning properties. Self-healing is the ability of a material to repair damage, such as a crack or void. Most living organisms can repair minor or moderate damage in their tissues. This ability is a result of a complex hierarchical organization of biological systems. A living tissue has many mechanisms sometimes acting simultaneously and complementing each other, which implement partial or complete self-repair, and this can be a complicated process with many stages. Most artificial or engineered materials do not have the ability for self-healing and tend to deteriorate irreversibly with time due to wear, fatigue, creep, fracture, corrosion, erosion, and other modes. Degradation and wear limit the lifespan of devices, and can cause a catastrophic failure leading to economic loss and even to the loss of human lives. Therefore, deterioration is a significant problem in many areas of engineering. For this reason, creating selfhealing artificial materials has always been a dream of engineers. | en_us |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Spriger | en_US |
| dc.subject | Biomimetics | en_US |
| dc.title | Biomimetics in Materials Science | en_US |
| dc.type | Book | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | Building Construction | |
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