New Coating Turns Ordinary Glass Into "Super Glass"

A new transparent, bio-inspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning, and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute in the USA reported. The new coating could be used to create durable, scratch-resistant lenses for eyeglasses, self-cleaning windows, improved solar panels, and new medical diagnostic devices, said Principal Investigator Joanna Aizenberg, PhD, who is a Core Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute (Harvard University).