Tuning Graphene Film So It Sheds Water

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 16:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Windshields that shed water so effectively that they don't need wipers. Ship hulls so slippery that they glide through the water more efficiently than ordinary hulls. These are some of the potential applications for graphene, one of the hottest new materials in the field of nanotechnology, raised by the research of James Dickerson, assistant professor of physics at Vanderbilt.

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