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Smart textiles and surfaces: How lightweight elastomer films are bringing tech to life

Clothes that can mimic the feeling of being touched, touch displays that provide haptic feedback to users, or even ultralight…

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Engineers redefine how heat transfers on advanced surfaces

When University of Texas at Dallas researchers tested a new surface that they designed to collect and remove condensates rapidly,…

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How chemistry and force etch mysterious spiral patterns on solid surfaces

Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots on a germanium wafer with evaporated metal films led to the discovery…

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Record-speed waves on extremely water-repellent surfaces

Ripples, like ones produced by raindrops falling in a puddle, are also called capillary waves. Studied since antiquity, they have…

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