Global Technology – May 2016

Over the past sixty plus years, applying deicing agents to prevent ice build-up on aircraft wings has consumed millions of man-hours and billions of dollars. Fortunately, it’s likely that this expense will soon become a thing of the past. All too often it has resulted in delays, far more expensive than the labor and materials involved.

New research presented recently at the 251^st National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, revealed a new liquid-secreting materials technology called self-lubricating organo.....