In a step towards developing advanced materials for functional coatings, a research group from Japan, developed a technology ...

They initially explored a variety of plants and replicated their surface structures in cellulose films. “While the exotic lotus leaf is often a source of bioinspiration for self-cleaning ...

And in 1944, Cassie and Baxter pointed to another effect: the trapping of ... What's more, the hierarchical surfaces show lotus-like self-cleaning 10. But Jihua Zhang and co-workers report that ...