functional surfaces in biology, adhesion related phenomena volume 2 (2009)

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1、FunctionalSurfacesinBiologyFunctionalSurfacesinBiologyAdhesionRelatedPhenomenaVolume2editedbyStanislavN.GorbFunctionalMorphologyandBiomechanics,UniversityofKiel,Germany123EditorProf.StanislavN.GorbDepartmentofFunctionalMorphologyandBiomechanicsZoologicalInstituteUniversityofKielAmBotani

2、schenGarten19D-24098KielGermanysgorb@zoologie.uni-kiel.deISBN978-1-4020-6694-8e-ISBN978-1-4020-6695-5DOI10.1007/978-1-4020-6695-5SpringerDordrechtHeidelbergLondonNewYorkLibraryofCongressControlNumber:2009927034cSpringerScience+BusinessMediaB.V.2009Nopartofthisworkmaybereproduced,stored

3、inaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,microfilming,recordingorotherwise,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthePublisher,withtheexceptionofanymaterialsuppliedspecificallyforthepurposeofbeingenteredandexecutedonacomputersystem,forexclusiveusebythe

4、purchaserofthework.Coverpicture:Japanesegecko(Gekkojaponicus).Background:scanningelectronmicrographoftheterminalcontactelementsofthegeckotoe.SeechapterM.Johnson,A.Russell,andS.Delannoyonsurfacecharacteristicsoflocomotorsubstrataandtheirrelationshiptogekkonidadhesion.Backgroundpicture:St

5、anislavN.Gorb(UniversityofKiel,Germany);Frontpicture:NaoeHosoda(NationalInstituteofMaterialsScience,Tsukuba,Japan)Printedonacid-freepaperSpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com)AbstractBiologicalsurfacesrepresenttheinterfacebetweenlivingorganismsandtheenvi-ronment

6、andservemanydifferentfunctions:(1)Theydelimittheorganism,givetheshapetotheorganism,andprovidemechanicalstabilityofthebody.(2)Theyarebarriersagainstdry,wet,coldorhotenvironments.(3)Theytakepartinrespirationandinthetransportofdiversesecretions,andserveasachemicalreservoirforthestorageofme

7、tabolicwasteproducts.(4)Avarietyofspecialisedsurfacestructuresarepartsofmechano-andchemoreceptors.(5)Thecolorationandchemicalcom-ponentsofsurfacesareimportantcomponentsforthermoregulation,andareofteninvolvedindiversecommunicationsystems.(6)Anumberofspecialisedsurfacestructuresm