Research History
Although the self-cleaning phenomenon of the lotus was possibly known in Asia long before (reference to the lotus effect is found in the Bhagavad Gita) its mechanism was explained only in the early 1970s after the introduction of the scanning electron microscope. Studies were performed with leaves of Tropaeolum and lotus (Nelumbo). By the mid 1990s, Wilhelm Barthlott developed industrial products and trademarked the principle as the Lotus-Effect.
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