Biomimetic Nanotechnology : Senses and Movement / Anja Mueller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mueller, Anja, author.

Series:

De Gruyter Textbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomimetics.

Senses and sensation.

Nanotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The human body includes very effective and efficient technology, such as light receptors (eyes), chemical receptors (tongue and nose), and movement (muscles). This book explains how these functions work on the molecular level and then discusses nanotechnology that uses the same structure-function relationships.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Movement

3. Vision

4. Smell and Taste

5. Hearing

6. Skin, The Body's Largest Organ

7. Future Developments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9783110417524

3110417529

OCLC:

1016591453