Smoothing the Way (VIDEO)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

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The SLIPS coating makes glass so slippery that droplets of liquids slip off quickly even at a shallow angle. Here, from top to bottom, a droplet of octane, an ingredient of gasoline, rolls off a watch glass in just one second.

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Nicolas Vogel, Wyss Institute.

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Credit: Nicolas Vogel, Wyss Institute.

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