Hydrophobicity and Lotus Effect
What does hydrophobic mean? The word hydrophobicity is derived from two Greek words “hydro”, meaning “water”, and “phobos”, meaning “fear”. In chemistry, the substances which exhibit the property of hydrophobicity are known as hydrophobic substances. Hydrophobic substances are usually water repellant or non-wetting in nature, but at the same time they are fat or oil […]
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