Scientists create world’s most water-resistant surface

Scientists have been studying materials that repel water for decades, since they are essential in fields as diverse as construction (from homes to ships) to optics, transport and kitchen furniture. Because the way water and other liquids adhere or slide on these surfaces affects their performance. For this reason, scientists are striving to understand the molecular dynamics of these droplets. Now, a team led by Robin Ras, from Aalto University (…

Researchers create the most water-repellent surface ever

A revised method to create hydrophobic surfaces has implications for any technology where water meets a solid surface, from optics and microfluidics to cooking.

Scientists claim to have created most water-repellent surface ever

Researchers say plumbing, smartphones, cars and boats could all be improved by the development.

Scientists create world’s most water-resistant surface

Finnish researchers made ‘liquid-like’ outer layer from silicon that could revolutionise household tasks

Super waterproof material one step closer as scientists reveal new nanotech

"Our work is the first time that anyone has gone directly to the nanometer-level," Sakari Lepikko, lead author of the study, said in a statement.

Researchers develop new mechanism to create water-repellent surfaces

Researchers have developed a new mechanism to make water droplets slip off surfaces, and describe it in a paper published in Nature Chemistry. The discovery challenges existing ideas about friction between solid surfaces and water and opens up a new avenue for studying droplet slipperiness at the molecular level. The new technique has applications in a range of fields, including plumbing, optics, and the auto and maritime industries.