Coating Copies Microscopic Biological Surfaces
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 20:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Someday, your car might have the metallic finish of some insects or the deep black of a butterfly's wing, and the reflectors might be patterned on the nanostructure of a fly's eyes, according to researchers who have developed a method to rapidly and inexpensively copy biological surface structures.