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Lotus Effect: Nanotextured Self-Cleaning Surfaces

Compare a smooth hydrophilic surface against a nanotextured lotus-leaf surface in the Cassie-Baxter state: watch droplets spread and stay put versus ball up, roll off at a shallow tilt, and sweep dirt away as they go.

Nanotechnology & MEMS3DModerate60 FPS💧 Water

Details

CategoryNanotechnology & MEMS

RenderingThree.js · WebGL

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsTilt-angle slider tilts both panels together; Drop droplet button spawns a matched droplet pair; Auto-drop toggle keeps spawning droplets on a timer; Reset restores the original dirt scatter and zeroes both cleanliness readouts; orbit/zoom via drag and scroll.

lotus effectsuperhydrophobicityCassie-Baxterself-cleaningnanostructurecontact anglesurface engineering

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A side-by-side 3D comparison of a smooth hydrophilic surface and a nanotextured, Cassie-Baxter-state lotus surface. Tilt the rig, drop water, and watch how nanoscale pillar texture — not surface chemistry alone — decides whether a droplet spreads and stays or balls up, rolls off at a shallow angle, and sweeps dirt away with it.

⚙ Under the hood

Compare a smooth hydrophilic surface against a nanotextured lotus-leaf surface side by side in 3D: on the smooth panel droplets wet and spread flat, leaving dirt undisturbed, while on the nano-pillared panel droplets sit in the Cassie-Baxter state, ball up, roll off at a shallow tilt and sweep dirt away as they go, with a live cleanliness readout for each surface.

lotus effectsuperhydrophobicityCassie-Baxterself-cleaningnanostructurecontact anglesurface engineering

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install