Inventing super slip material

Scientists have just succeeded in finding the world's most slippery material by mimicking the mechanism of action from the leaves of a pitcher plant.

Both oil and blood cannot penetrate this new material - (Photo: Daily Mail)

Experts have copied the leaf molecular structure of the vase plant to develop into a new material. Most liquids, even blood and oil, cannot settle on the surface of this material. Researcher Sung Hoon Kang, of Harvard University, USA, said the new material was made quite simply and cheaply.

Scientists believe that sliding materials will have applications in antimicrobial medicine such as catheters, blood transfusion tubes, fuel transport, optics; in household items such as the manufacture of new-generation non-stick pans and even anti-pollution technologies such as self-cleaning windows.

In addition, Professor Aizenberg of Harvard University also said: 'This material has the ability to open applications in harsh environments, such as for exploration in deep places in the ocean'.