Nanowrinkles, nanofolds yield strange hidden channels
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 00:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Wrinkles and folds, common in nature, do something unusual at the nanoscale. Researchers have discovered that wrinkles on super-thin films have hidden long waves. The team also found that folds in the film produce nanochannels, like thousands of tiny subsurface pipes. The research could lead to advances in medicine, electronics and energy.