Functional Properties of Bio-Inspired Surfaces

The Shark Skin Effect (A Lang) Lotus Effect: Superhydrophobicity and Self-Cleaning (M Nosonovsky & E Bormashenko) The Moth-Eye Effect - From Fundamentals to Commercial Exploitation (A Gombert & B Blasi) The Gecko Effect: Design Principles of the Gekkotan Adhesive System Across Scales of Organization (A Russel & M Johnson) Micro-nanoscopic Observations of Biological Surfaces (Z Zhang & Q Ren) RIMAPS and Variogram Characterization of Micro-manotopography (N O Fuentes & E A Favret) Capillary Phenomena (A Calvo & G Callegari) Chemical Characterization (P Kruse) Laser Interference Metallurgy (F Mucklich & A Lasagni) Electrodeposition: Governing Phenomena, Techniques and Application (S Brankovic) Plasma-Based Processes for Surface Modification (G Ybarra et al.).