team led by Professor María Eugenia Toimil-Molares, head of the department “Materials Research” at GSI/FAIR and professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt, has developed innovative surfaces made [...] water-repellent surfaces, nature has always been a powerful source of inspiration. The lotus leaf, for example, repels water so efficiently that water droplets roll right off, a phenomenon known as the lotus [...] publication, who explored 3D gold nanowire networks as part of her recently completed PhD thesis. In the GSI/FAIR Materials Research department, biomimetics and advanced nanotechnology are combined to replicate