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Catching water with imitation beetle bumps Inspired by both desert beetles and marine mussels, scientists in Saudi Arabia have devised a new method for creating micropatterned superhydrophobic surfaces that efficiently harvest fog.   |
Chemistry World
January 17, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
Rainbow Hued Graphene Oxide Repels Water Scientists in China have used a laser to carve out a pattern of ridges and valleys on layered graphene oxide to mimic two of nature's tricks in one go - iridescence and superhydrophobicity. |
Chemistry World
November 20, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
A drop of extra bounce US researchers have discovered a simple way to modify a water-repellent surface so that bouncing drops of water spend significantly less time in contact with the surface. |
Chemistry World
February 5, 2013
Cara E Sutton |
'Invisible gates' trap water droplets Researchers in Japan have created a novel superhydrophobic hybrid surface that can separate water droplets sliding down it based on nothing more than their size. |
Chemistry World
July 5, 2006
Jon Evans |
Perfect Coating Won't Touch Water Imagine a container that can hold liquid without actually touching it. Just such a container could soon become reality following the development by two chemists of a perfectly hydrophobic surface. |
Wired
Thomas Hayden |
Just Dew It: What Scientists Can Learn From Flower Petals Researchers in China have discovered why water droplets roll off a lotus leaf like mercury yet stick to rose petals like peanut butter. |
Chemistry World
October 26, 2010 |
Waterproof Cotton That Can go Through the Wash Chinese researchers have made cotton fabric that is completely impervious to water and can be put through the laundry without losing its superhydrophobic properties, overcoming a key obstacle in the commercialisation of these highly waterproof materials. |
Chemistry World
November 4, 2015
Andy Extance |
Trampolining droplets raise hopes for ice-shedding surfaces With fellow team members at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Tom Schutzius has worked out what was causing this previously-unknown 'trampolining'. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Rising Star Buy: Waste Management This seemingly dirty business hides amazing, innovative green potential. |
Chemistry World
January 25, 2012
Jon Evans |
Water repellent polymer slows down drug delivery It turns out that superhydrophobic materials are very good at slowly releasing drugs over extended periods of time, from weeks to months. |
Chemistry World
March 5, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Tough self-cleaning coating sticks it to stains Clothing stains may be a thing of the past as scientists in the UK have developed a tough, self-cleaning coating that can be applied to cotton. |
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December 20, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Waste Management's Tough 2011 It was a tough year for Waste Management shareholders. |
Metropolis
April 2007
Belinda Lanks |
Deconstructions: Sittris Siliform Chair Helen Kerr's innovative line of health-care seating is soft, airy, and germ-resistant. |
Chemistry World
July 26, 2012
Phillip Broadwith |
Remote controlled omniphobic surface Chemists in the US have developed a material that normally resists wetting by both aqueous and organic liquids, but can have this property 'switched off' using a magnet, allowing liquids to soak the surface. |
