Meaning of superhydrophobicity | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being extremely hydrophobic or repellent to water or of not being wetted.

uncountable

Examples

“The key to long [battery] life is a property superhydrophobicity. This occurs when a drop of electorlyte or other liquid sits on top of a roughened nanostructured surface instead of wetting it. Zap the droplet with a burst of electricity or heat, however, and it wets the surface in a matter of milliseconds.”

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