{"id":2999,"date":"2012-06-14T09:10:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T14:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/?p=2999"},"modified":"2014-04-23T10:16:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T15:16:23","slug":"packaging-tips-from-a-carnivorous-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/?p=2999","title":{"rendered":"Packaging tips from a carnivorous plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.focushms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1011-WySS-PITCHER-PLANT.jpg\" width=\"120\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have previously reported on <a title=\"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/?p=721\">hydrophobic applications<\/a>, <a title=\"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/?p=2857\">non-stick coatings<\/a>, and <a title=\"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/?p=2873\">NeverWet<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Recently, we came across an article from <a title=\"http:\/\/www.focushms.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.focushms.com\/features\/slippery-slope-cues-from-a-carnivorous-plant\/\">Harvard<\/a> that also has packaging possibilities. This particular coating, based on water repellent nano structures of a <a title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carnivorous_plant\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carnivorous_plant\">meat-eating pitcher plant<\/a> could also be extremely useful in packaging. <\/p>\n<p>Its applications can include not only helping viscous products (i.e. ketchup) pour faster, but also keeping package surfaces clean. Check out the original article <a title=\"http:\/\/www.focushms.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.focushms.com\/features\/slippery-slope-cues-from-a-carnivorous-plant\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a92012 PackageRepublic.com. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7338556709983307\";\n\/* ArticleBanner *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0441375625\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have previously reported on hydrophobic applications, non-stick coatings, and NeverWet. Recently, we came across an article from Harvard that also has packaging possibilities. This particular coating, based on water repellent nano structures of a meat-eating pitcher plant could also be extremely useful in packaging. Its applications can include not only helping viscous products (i.e. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,81,57],"tags":[229,231,230],"class_list":["post-2999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-materials","category-new-technologies","category-package-innovation","tag-carnivorous-plant","tag-coating","tag-repel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2999"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3289,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2999\/revisions\/3289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}