New Fabrication Technique (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

New Fabrication Technique

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Researchers have demonstrated a new fabrication technique that allows them to replicate the nanostructures found on cicada wings that make them water- and microbe-repellent.

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Wayne Boo, U.S. Geological Survey

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