Biophysics of Skin and Its Treatments: Structural, Nanotribological, and Nanomechanical Studies

Author:   Bharat Bhushan
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
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9783319457062


Pages:   165
Publication Date:   07 October 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Bharat Bhushan
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   3.967kg
ISBN:  

9783319457062


ISBN 10:   3319457063
Pages:   165
Publication Date:   07 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Experimental Techniques.- Adhesion, Friction and Wear Study of Skin with and without Common Cream Treatment.- Correlation of Friction and Skin Vibrations and Implications for Tactile Perception.- Adhesion, Friction and Wear Study of Skin with and without Various Cream Treatment and Effect of Humidity.- Nanomechanical Properties of Skin with and without Common Cream Treatment.- Triboelectrification of Skin with and without Common Cream Treatment.- Nanoscale and Nanomechanical Characterization of Synthetic Skins with and without Common Cream Treatment for Cosmetic Science.

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Dr. Bharat Bhushan is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the College of Engineering, and the Director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2) and affiliated faculty in John Glenn College of Public Affairs at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. In 2013-14, he served as an ASME/AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, House Committee on Science, Space & Technology, United States Congress, Washington, DC. He holds two M.S., a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering/mechanics, an MBA, and two honorary and two semi-honorary doctorates. His research interests include fundamental studies with a focus on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology, bio/nanomechanics and bio/nanomaterials characterization and applications to bio/nanotechnology, and biomimetics. He has authored 8 scientific books, 90+ handbook chapters,  800+ scientific papers (h index–76+; ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science since 2007 and in Biology and Biochemistry since 2013; ISI Top 5% Cited Authors for Journals in Chemistry since 2011), and 60+ scientific reports. He has also edited 50+ books and holds 20 U.S. and foreign patents. He is co-editor of Springer NanoScience and Technology Series and Microsystem Technologies, and member of editorial board of PNAS. He has organized various international conferences and workshops.  He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and international fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for Senior Scientists, Max Planck Foundation Research Award for Outstanding Foreign Scientists, Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, Life Achievement Tribology Award, and Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK) Global Award.  His research was listed as the top ten science stories of 2015. He is a member of various professional societies, including the International Academy of Engineering (Russia). He has previously worked for various research labs including IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA. He has held visiting professorship at University of California at Berkeley, University of Cambridge, UK, Technical University Vienna, Austria, University of Paris, Orsay, ETH Zurich, EPFL Lausanne, Univ. of Southampton, UK, Univ. of Kragujevac, Serbia, Tsinghua Univ., China, Harbin Inst., China, and KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.   

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