Cleaner, more durable surface coatings through collaborative study of electrostatics

Work surfaces at home that we clean regularly stillaccumulate mystery particulate matter over time: sinks, tiles, and windows—even non-stick Teflon pans. The same is true of the surfaces of materials used in industry and in environmental remediation. Efforts to create better materials with predictable surface properties have led scientists to study the electrostatic forces that attract particulates to surface coatings. Recently, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's (PNNL's) Hongfei Wang