Having tackled the pressing problems of dirty fish tanks and vibrating fishing rods, nanotech is now making a splash in the fishing tackle industry with the “Strom” fishing lure, jointly developed by ULVAC and Tigold Co. The high-tech lure is coated with a polyimide film formed by vapour deposition polymerisation with a thickness of several hundred nanometres. The coating allows high light transmission and creates a thin film interference effect. Unsuspecting fish must find the coating highly appealing, as tests by ULVAC have shown it to attract four times more fish than standard lures.
- 22/09/2006 -
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