Aqueous lubrication: natural and biomimetic approaches
Éditeur :
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN :
9789814313766
Date de publication :
7 mai 2014
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Singapour
Man lubricates mostly with oil. Nature lubricates exclusively with water. Pure water is a poor lubricant, but the addition of proteins, especially glycoproteins, can modify surfaces to make them far more lubricating at slow speeds. This book brings together the research in biological and biomimetic, water-based lubrication.