Bionic coating could help ships to economize on fuel
Materials based on water ferns could reduce fuel consumption massively
06-May-2010 -
The hairs on the surface of water ferns could allow ships to have a 10 per cent decrease in fuel consumption. The plant has the rare ability to put on a gauzy skirt of air under water. Researchers at the University of Bonn, Rostock and Karlsruhe now show in the journal Advanced Materials (doi: ...
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