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Self-cleaning optical coatings

Updated: 11/12/2008
Cicada Wings
Cicada Wings

About the Product

Inspiring Strategy

Wings shed dirt and water: cicada >

Product or process

This group has developed a scalable bottom-up approach for producing fluoropolymer multifunctional optical coatings that simultaneously mimic the functionalities of antireflective moth eyes and superhydrophobic cicada wings.