A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self - cleaning, and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) reported online in the July 31 edition of Nature Communications. (sciencedaily.com)
Made from aluminium gallium arsenide, the nanocrystals are 500 times narrower than a human hair and can be applied to ordinary glass as ultra-thin, lightweight films. (newscientist.com)