TY - CHAP AU - Erwin Hueger AU - Juergen Rost AU - Marion Frant AU - Gerhard Hildebrand AU - Klaus Liefeith ED - Mizutani Tadashi Y1 - 2011-01-14 PY - 2011 T1 - Biomimetics - Thermodynamics to Study Wetting of Self-Cleaning Surfaces N2 - Progress of thermodynamics has been stimulated by the findings of a variety of fields of science and technology. The principles of thermodynamics are so general that the application is widespread to such fields as solid state physics, chemistry, biology, astronomical science, materials science, and chemical engineering. The contents of this book should be of help to many scientists and engineers. BT - Application of Thermodynamics to Biological and Materials Science SP - Ch. 10 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/13751 DO - 10.5772/13751 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-20 ER -