Functional surfaces in biology: Mechanisms and applications

Biomimetics: Biologically Inspired Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 381-397

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

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