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06. New materials from plants

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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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The lotus plant has inspired the development of new self-cleaning materials.

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Series
Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
People
James McCullagh
Keywords
Lotus effect
biomimetics
self-cleaning glass
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:18

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