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Uploaded by on Dec 10, 2009

Using a specially designed high-speed camera and microscope set-up, Duke University engineering student Jonathan Boreyko for the first time captured the actions of tiny water droplets on a lotus leaf when subjected to mild vibrations. This explains the leaf's self-cleaning properties and could help in the design of more effective water-repellent surfaces.

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  • is that freddiew's voice?

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  • @cougarmanification I think so... It sounds WAY like him.

  • @Johannesmania there isn't such thing as wetted. Wet is already the past tense of the word wet. So it should be we instead of wetted

  • @Johannesmania Thanks!

  • @ArtisticwithaK It will not be wetted. Well okay, about 1% get's wetted. But only the tips of the asperities. 

  • what if you put a lotus leaf underwater?

  • fu*k yeah!

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