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Nature = Future

The Lotus and the Fakir

Season 1, Episode 27 • Documentary, 16-Apr-2019

Saint-Gobain studies the super hydrophobic properties of the lotus leaf to develop new industrial and sustainable materials.

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Design, Sustainability

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