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Professor Chunlei Guo has developed a technique that uses lasers to render materials hydrophobic, illustrated in this image of a water droplet bouncing off a treated sample.

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January 20, 2015 | 07:04 am

Laser-generated surface structures create extremely water-repellent metals

Scientists at the Institute of Optics have used lasers to transform metals into extremely water repellent, or super-hydrophobic, materials without the need for temporary coatings.

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Laser-generated surface structures create extremely water-repellent metals