As many chemists know, the membrane distillation (MD) process has gained increasing popularity and attention for saline treatment, especially because of its extremely high salt rejection (the ...

Hydrophobic materials have potential for everything from self-cleaning windscreens to bottles that dispense the last drop of syrup, but such materials tend to be on the fragile side. One possible ...

Desert sand is made hydrophobic be adding the additive SP-HFS 1609. The additive creates a capilliary breaking hydrophobic encapsulation of the sand making it resistant to salts, particularly sodium ...

Water droplets can slide down or bounce off a leaf's surface because it has a waxy hydrophobic (water-repellent) coating.

Scientists at the University of Rochester, NY, USA, have used lasers to transform metals into extremely water repellent (“super-hydrophobic”) materials without the need for temporary coatings.

In this 1994 Post-Standard file photo, Syracuse resident Fred West scrapes ice off the windshield of his car. (File photo by Dick Blume) Most Upstate New York residents keep a snow and ice scraper in ...

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Behold the new material created by scientists at the University of Rochester. Scientists at the University of Rochester have created a material so water repellent that liquid drops just bounce off the ...