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Carnivorous pitcher plant inspires self-cleaning, super-repellant material
- mey 15y agoAnother useful application that comes to mind is vehicle wind shields. Combine Gorilla Glass, plastic lamination (for crashes) and layer SLIPS on the inside and outside. Could produce impressive results.
- andrewcooke 15y agothis is very cool, but it seems like you'd need to replace the liquid layer (globules) every now and then. the abstract says that it's "locked in place" by the teflon substrate, but the summary in the linked article characterizes the liquid as being "poured on". does anyone have more info? google isn't helping much ("SLIPS" is cute, but not so good for searching).
- zasz 15y agoYou pour it on when the Teflon is hot. The liquid is permanently trapped in the micro-cracks and bubbles formed by the cooling Teflon.