Nanotech Material Protects Against Most Liquids
MAY 09, 2013
Super shield could prevent stains and contamination.
Nanotech Material Protects Against Most Liquids
Get Inside the Science:
A material that most liquids won’t wet
Anish Tuteja, University of Michigan
Inside Science Buzzwords:
- Nanotechnology – The study and use of extremely small things (on the scale of nanometers, or billionths of a meter) that can be used in multiple science fields like chemistry, biology, physics, materials science and engineering.
- Electrospinning – A technique used to create coatings from the new super-repellent material. The technique employs electric charge to make tiny solid particles from a liquid form of the material.
