Modern light interference technologies developed in Dresden, Germany, are enabling "lotus effects" and other refined structural features from the natural world to be transferred quickly to technical ...

Researchers have discovered brand new interference patterns in twisted two-dimensional tungsten ditelluride lattices. These so-called moir patterns can be tuned to look like periodic spots or even one ...

A research team from industry and the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS) is spinning off a high-tech company called Fusion Bionic. The company aims to offer "lotus effects" ...

A scalable nanofabrication method uses electric-field alignment and picosecond laser welding to imprint patterned silver nanowire networks on polymer films. (Nanowerk News) A breakthrough development ...

The quantum rules shaping molecular collisions are now coming into focus, offering fresh insights for chemistry and materials science. (Nanowerk News) The quantum rules shaping molecular collisions ...