Fog-free glass

One of the most instantly recognizable features of glass is the way it reflects light. But a new way of creating surface textures on glass, developed by researchers at MIT, virtually eliminates reflections, producing glass that is almost unrecognizable because of its absence of glare — and whose surface causes water droplets to bounce right off, like tiny rubber balls.

The new "multifunctional" glass, based on surface nanotextures that produce an array of conical features, is self-cleaning and resists fogging and glare, the researchers say. Ultimately, they hope it can be made using an inexpensive manufacturing process that could be applied to optical devices, the screens of smartphones and televisions, solar panels, car windshields and even windows in buildings.

The technology is described in a paper published in the journal ACS Nano, co-authored by mechanical engineering graduate students Kyoo-Chul Park and Hyungryul Choi, former postdoc Chih-Hao Chang SM '04, PhD '08 (now at North Carolina State University), chemical engineering professor Robert Cohen, and mechanical engineering professors Gareth McKinley and George Barbastathis.

Read more at http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/gl...

Footage courtesy: Kyoo-Chul Park, Bavand Keshavarz, & Hyungryul Choi

Music by: Tortue Super Sonic (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tor...)

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[ulkord]

they dont leave a trail but the clean the dust away

[kabbapp]

what kind of sorcery is this?

[churlas windowbreaker]

whats the name of the song???

urgent!!!!!!

[shaind]

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke -

[MrTSS01]

Great video! Thx to use my music. But this is not Torture, but Tortue Super Sonic. Hope you'll do the correction...;)

[JamesRPatrick]

Is it scratch-resistant like regular glass?

[bananishmeal]

The power of nanotechnology!

[laptopdragon]

now we need dust free glass

[TheLuckySaGe]

Patience, young padawan. The comments will come soon enough.

[Linkage1992]

And why are there only 46 comments on a video which has 350,000 views? Weird.

[Linkage1992]

Patience, young padawan. They will show us the glass soon enough.

[TheRealArngrim]

ITS SCIENCE :D