Krzysztof Matyjaszewski developed his "Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization" process (ATRP). The ATRP process is a method of controlled radical polymerisation.
The coating, developed using the atomic layer deposition technology, offers a new method for manufacturing fully recyclable, thin, light and air-tight packaging materials.
The water fern salvinia molesta is exremely hydrophobic. For the fern surrounds itself by a flimsy skirt of air. This layer prevents the plant from coming into contact with liquid. And that even witha dive lasting weeks.
Since more than twenty years, scanning force microscopes are employed in research and industry. Their enormous resolution triggered many applications in nanotechnology.
