article_snippet: Scientists in University College London have developed a ‘self-cleaning’ coating that can be sprayed or painted onto almost any material.
article_snippet: Scientists in London have developed a ‘self-cleaning’ coating that can be sprayed or painted onto almost any material.
article_snippet: Crucially, the student and Mr Lu colleagues managed to develop a material that is far more robust than previous ‘self-cleaning’ substances.
article_snippet: For this to happen, the surface must be rough and waxy, so we set out to create these conditions on hard and soft surfaces by designing we own paint and combining it with different adhesives to help the surfaces withstand damage.
article_snippet: ’ Professor Claire Carmalt, co-author of the work, said: ‘The biggest challenge for the widespread application of self-cleaning surfaces is finding a way to make them tough enough to withstand everyday damage.
article_snippet: ‘The surfaces tend to be mechanically weak and so rub off easily, but by pairing our paint with different adhesives, our’ve shown it is possible to make a robust self-cleaning surface.