Many biological surfaces have remarkable properties, some of which have inspired materials science. For example, Velcro was developed from the interlocking mechanism of the seeds of burdock that readily attach to one's clothes as one walks through the countryside. Similarly, self-cleaning materials have been developed based on the "Lotus effect" (the way in which water drops roll off the superhydrophobic leaves of lotus plants, taking dirt particles away with them).
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