260908-Sugimoto-Glossy-Monolayer (IMAGE)

Kobe University

260908-Sugimoto-Glossy-Monolayer

Caption

The coating technology developed by Sugimoto achieves high opacity and brightness with only a single layer of silicon nano spheres. The spheres have a diameter of around a quarter of a micrometer, that is, about a hundredth of a thin human hair.

Credit

© J. Song et al., Small Structures 2026 (DOI: 10.1002/sstr.70600)

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