Engineers use heat-free technology to make metallic replicas of a rose’s surface texture

Credit: Photo courtesy of Martin Thuo and his research group/Iowa State University.

This lab demonstration shows how a rose petal and a metallic replica of the petal's surface texture repel water. The replica was created using the "frugal science/innovation" of Martin Thuo and his research group.

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