TY - BOOK AU - Schmidt,Volker AU - Belegratis,Maria Regina ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Laser Technology in Biomimetics: Basics and Applications T2 - Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, SN - 9783642413414 AV - QH505 U1 - 571.4 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Physics KW - Optics KW - Electrodynamics KW - Biophysics KW - Biological physics KW - Lasers KW - Photonics KW - Biomedical engineering KW - Biophysics and Biological Physics KW - Laser Technology, Photonics KW - Biomedical Engineering KW - Optics and Electrodynamics N1 - Laser fabrication in biomimetics -- Laser technology in biomimetics applications -- Future perspectives N2 - Lasers are progressively more used as versatile tools for fabrication purposes. The wide range of available powers, wavelengths, operation modes, repetition rates etc. facilitate the processing of a large spectrum of materials at exceptional precision and quality. Hence, manifold methods were established in the past and novel methods are continuously under development. Biomimetics, the translation from nature-inspired principles to technical applications, is strongly multidisciplinary. This field offers intrinsically a wide scope of applications for laser based methods regarding structuring and modification of materials. This book is dedicated to laser fabrication methods in biomimetics. It introduces both, a laser technology as well as an application focused approach.  The book covers the most important laser lithographic methods and various biomimetics application scenarios ranging from coatings and biotechnology to construction, medical applications and photonics UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41341-4 ER -