Self-cleaning surface using nanostructured materials

• Main Author: Thant Zin.
• Other Authors: Lau, Daniel Shu Ping
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Nanoelectronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/3573
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The amazing water repellence of many biological surfaces, in particular plant leaves, has received recently great interest. The ability of these surfaces to make water bead off completely and there by wash off contamination very effectively has been turned “lotus effect” or “self-cleaning”. Two of t...