Lotus Leaf and Self-Cleaning Coatings
In short: The lotus leaf's unique microscopic wax structure inspires self-cleaning technologies like water-repellent fabrics and antireflective coatings.
A 1:26 short film in the series “Nature Invented It First”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Superhydrophobicity in perfection: the outstanding properties of the lotus leaf”; Springer, “Mechanism of self-recovery of hydrophobicity after surface damage of lotus leaf - Plant Methods”; Academia.edu, “Lotus-Inspired Nanotechnology Applications”; Springer, “Lotus Effect”; Cambridge University Press, “The Barthlott effect | Quantitative Plant Biology | Cambridge Core”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Multifunctional Biomimetic Composite Coating with Antireflection, Self-Cleaning and Mechanical Stability”.
Sources used in this film
- PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Superhydrophobicity in perfection: the outstanding properties of the lotus leaf · View →
- Springer — Mechanism of self-recovery of hydrophobicity after surface damage of lotus leaf - Plant Methods · View →
- Academia.edu — Lotus-Inspired Nanotechnology Applications · View →
- Springer — Lotus Effect · View →
- Cambridge University Press — The Barthlott effect | Quantitative Plant Biology | Cambridge Core · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Multifunctional Biomimetic Composite Coating with Antireflection, Self-Cleaning and Mechanical Stability · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Superhydrophobicity in perfection: the outstanding properties of the lotus leaf
- Also: Springer: Mechanism of self-recovery of hydrophobicity after surface damage of lotus leaf - Plant Methods
- Also: Academia.edu: Lotus-Inspired Nanotechnology Applications
- Also: Springer: Lotus Effect
- Also: Cambridge University Press: The Barthlott effect | Quantitative Plant Biology | Cambridge Core
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Multifunctional Biomimetic Composite Coating with Antireflection, Self-Cleaning and Mechanical Stability
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