We are surrounded by stickiness. From your vehicle typers gripping the road to The Post-it note in your desk drawer to the non-stick pan on your stove. All are designed with stickiness, or lack of it, in mind. In this talk, Laurie Winkless will explore friction in both the manufactured and natural worlds. She will describe how our understanding of surface science has given us an ability to manipulate stickiness, down to the level of a single atom.
Science