Newest slovak army fabric/uniform using nano technology

Reserchears from Zilina in Slovakia are working on a new type of fabric using nano technologies - nano salts; inspired by lotus flower.
Today´s type of fabric cotton or polycotton can burn easily + get dirty + camo uniforms change colour under the sun and in dusty enviroment - they are trying to fix it using nanotechnologies.

Head of research institute in Zilina - Jozef Sestak with lotus type of fabric with a slovak army digi camo already applied.



Newest type of fabric has different treatment of fiber. Pictures from under microscope.

Typical camo uniform fabric


And new type of fabric inspired by fiber of lotus flower


Small drop of water is slowly sinking into regular uniform



And of course picture, where it stays on a surface, later just rolling down taking dirt away from lotus type of fabric.




Short video about new type of "self-cleaning" fabric + some tests.