A new set of design criteria could enable engineers to invent and manufacture surfaces that can repel almost all liquids, even oily fluids long noted for their ability to foul water-repellent surfaces ...

What do a non-stick pan, a raincoat and a medical stent have in common? They all have water-repelling properties that resist water uptake or degradation by hydrolysis. Hydrophobicity, the capacity to ...

Sometimes the best solution for human problems comes from the animal kingdom. Take creating the perfect water repellent surface: this is something done naturally by insects known as Gerridae, or water ...

Water repellence is an extremely important feature for animals. Different animals have different types of skin, with some being better at repelling water than others. One example is the gecko, whose ...

Graphene is made up of the same material as graphite – found in pencils for example – which is why it was assumed for a long time that, like graphite, graphene is water repellant. A key difference ...

We are obsessed with staying dry. We build shelters, carry umbrellas, even devise new materials that shed water. There’s good reason for it, too—an excess of water can cause everything from ...

A transparent, water-repellent coating developed by researchers in Scotland, China and India could make solar panels ...

"Being water repellent or hydrophobicity is nature's tool to protect and self-clean plants and animals against pathogens like fungi, algae growth and dirt accumulation," Chanda says. "We took our cues ...

A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida have created a new nanomaterial that repels water and can stay dry even when submerged underwater. The discovery could open the door to the ...