Producing dust-free glass from 'nano grass carpet'

Scientists at the University of Tel Aviv, Israel have found a type of nanomaterial that can be used to make self-cleaning coatings for glass doors and help increase the storage capacity of batteries.

While looking for a cure for Alzheimer's, researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered a new nanomaterial that can resist dust and water, with the ability to apply self-cleaning coatings to glass doors or solar panels.

Unlike the old dust-proof materials that have similar surfaces to lotus leaves or potato leaves, the new material is made up of peptide molecules (a series of amino acid sequences) arranged as a grass. In addition, this shell has super-capacitance, providing the ability to provide high-energy power with high density.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have found a way to control the nuclei and molecules of a series of short peptides, making them form a tiny grass on the surface. These short peptides, which are very easy and inexpensive to produce, have been used to create self-binding nanotubes under high temperature conditions.

Short peptides form grass beds with water and dust resistance.

At 1 billionth of a meter, these nanotubes can withstand extremely high temperatures and are water resistant. Therefore, this material has great potential to build a coating on skyscrapers with self-cleaning capabilities, limiting the dangers of manual glass washing.

In addition, this nano coating also helps to increase the efficiency of solar cells, reducing the impact of dust on battery capacity by 30%. At the same time, the nano coating also helps to reduce maintenance and sanitation costs, which are very large because solar power plants are often located in dusty desert areas.

The researchers also said that this nanomaterial is like a capacitor with a very high charge density, so it can help build large capacity batteries, which can overcome the limitations of current electric vehicles. is low battery capacity. With this technology, electric vehicles will have better acceleration and greater travel distance.

Lihi Adler-Abramovich, a student at Tel Aviv University said: 'Our technology allows for high energy density storage. This is very important when a large amount of electricity needs to be produced in a short time. This technology can also integrate into existing lithium batteries . '

With this new nano coating, glass cleaning workers will no longer have to face the danger as in the picture.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have registered to commercialize this nano coating technology. With this technology, in the near future, skyscrapers without washing glass and high-efficiency power reserve devices will not be unfamiliar to us.

However, despite "getting lucky" with the new discovery, Tel Aviv University researchers still persist in their original purpose, studying short peptide sequences to find ways to cure Alzheimer's.