Changing the texture of plastics on demand
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The process can dynamically switch the texture of plastics between patterns ranging from dots, segments, lines to circles
The process can dynamically switch the texture of plastics between patterns ranging from dots, segments, lines to circles
Qiming Wang, left, and Xuanhe Zhao are part of a team that has developed a way to dynamically alter the texture of plastics
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Imagine a pair of rubber gloves whose surface texture could be altered on demand to provide more grip for climbing. Or maybe gloves with "fingerprints" that can be changed in the blink of an eye. They are just a couple of the many potential applications envisioned by researchers at Duke University for a process they have developed that allows the texture of plastics to be changed at will.
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