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Self-Cleaning Lotus Mimicked for PV Arrays, Nonstick MEMS

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ATLANTA, Oct. 13, 2006 -- Some of nature's best nonstick surfaces -- the leaves and flowers of the lotus plant -- are being duplicated in the lab to help create more reliable electric transmission systems, photovoltaic arrays that retain their efficiency, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) structures unaffected by water and improved biocompatible surfaces able to prevent cells from adhering to implanted medical devices. C.P. Wong, a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Materials Science and Engineering, holds a sample of a self-cleaning coating based on the lotus plant that was developed in his lab. (Georgia...Read full article

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    Published: October 2006
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    In positioning, the friction that prevents immediate motion when force is first applied to a body or surface at rest.
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