Hydrophobic nanoparticles create fluorine-free, water-repellent cotton with micro- and nanoscale surface textures.

Scientists have devised a new mechanism enabling water droplets to effortlessly roll off surfaces. They dubbed it the "world's most water-repellent surface ever." This achievement challenges ...

Cotton has many appealing characteristics as a clothing fabric, offering great breathability, insulation and of course comfort. A group of scientists in China has come up with a novel coating for ...

Superhydrophobic surfaces—those famously "never-wet" materials that make water bead up and roll away—have a stubborn weakness: hot water. Once temperatures climb above roughly 40 degrees Celsius, many ...

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

(Nanowerk News) 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 ...