Tag: hydrophobic
What plants can teach us about oil spill clean-up and microfluidics
For years, scientists have been inspired by nature to innovate solutions to tricky problems, even oil spills—manmade disasters with devastating environmental and economic consequences....
A laser focus on super water-repellent metals
In a laboratory at the University of Rochester, researchers are using lasers to change the surface of metals in incredible ways, such as making...
