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Physicists explain why some fast-moving droplets stick to hydrophobic surfaces

What happens when a microscopic drop of water lands on a water-repelling surface? The answer is important for many everyday situations, including pesticides being sprayed on crops and the spread of ...
Nature

Graft Copolymers Having Hydrophobic Backbone and Hydrophilic Branches XXI. Preparation of Galactose Surface-Accumulated Polystyrene Nanospheres and Their Interaction with Lectin

R. Buscall, T. Corner, and J. F. Stageman, Ed., “Polymer Colloids,” Elsevier Appl. Science Pub., London and New York, 1985. E. S. Daniels, E. D. Sudol and M. S ...
C&EN

Preparation of Hydrophobic 3D Covalent Organic Polymer Membranes via Interfacial Ripening for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China ...
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Synthesis of Novel Amphiphilic Fluorinated Polymers for the Dispersion of Hydrophobic Gold Nanoparticles, Quantum Dots, or Highly Fluorinated Molecules in Water

Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC), University of the Basque Country, Barrio Sarriena s/n, Leioa 48940, Spain Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, University of the Basque Country ...