Journal article
Neat and clean
Open Schools Journal for Open Science, Vol.3(2)
2020
Abstract
Surfactants are a common component of many cleaning products and detergents. However, the production of these surfactants often requires the use of petroleum. In nature we can find plants, such as the lotus flower, whose leaves have developer a self-cleaning mechanism. Due to nano-sized hydrophobic wax nubs on the surface of the leaf, water droplets have only a very small contact area. The water's surface tension subsequently leads to the droplet rolling off the leaf, taking dirt particles with it.
Details
- Title
- Neat and clean
- Authors/Creators
- H. Aydin (Author/Creator) - Maria Ward Gymnasium AltöttingR. Nestelbacher (Author/Creator) - DNA-Consult SciencetainmentI.A. Joubert (Author/Creator) - BiowissenschaftenM. Geppert (Author/Creator) - BiowissenschaftenM. Himly (Author/Creator) - Biowissenschaften
- Publication Details
- Open Schools Journal for Open Science, Vol.3(2)
- Publisher
- E-Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991005540683607891
- Copyright
- © 2020 The Authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Additional Information
- Abstract of poster presented orally in the moderated poster session at the International Open NanoScience Congress, 26.2.2019, Salzburg
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