David Adam explains how water-repellant films based on lotus leaves could offer shopkeepers and taxi drivers a clearer future.
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Nakajima, A. et al. Transparent superhydrophobic thin films with self-cleaning properties. Langmuir [published online July 25] 2000.
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Adam, D. The lotus beaters. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000810-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000810-4