Shark skin surface to cut aircraft emissions with laser lithography manufactured coating
Advanced surface coatings that mimic the patterns of a shark’s skin help materials glide through air and water more easily (Image: David Clode / Unsplash)
The EU-funded OPTIMAL project, led by Joanneum Research, has developed a laser-based microstructuring technique that replicates the surface of shark skin
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