Multifunctional (superhydrophobic) surfaces produced by femtosecond laser pulses

[allannienhuis]

http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/117/3/10.1063/1.4905616

[allannienhuis]

The videos here:

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/new-amazing-metal-is-so-hydrophobi...

are pretty amazing. Water bounces when it's dropped on the surfaces created this way.

They mention uses such as aircraft wings (no de-icing) and sanitation. I didn't see a mention of boat hulls, but that would be another area with a ton of commercial application.

[shawn-butler]

Relevant youtube video: http://youtu.be/FLegmQ8_dHg

I was wondering whether this could be done on glasses / transparent surfaces without greatly affecting the refractive index.

Possibilities are endless.