Silica 'spiky screws' could enhance industrial coatings, additive manufacturing

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 12:00 in Physics & Chemistry

It took marine sponges millions of years to perfect their spike-like structures, but research mimicking these formations may soon alter how industrial coatings and 3-D printed to additively manufactured objects are produced.

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