superhydrophobicity
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From super- + hydro- + phobic + -ity.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]superhydrophobicity (uncountable)
- The quality of being extremely hydrophobic or repellent to water or of not being wetted.
- 2006 November, “Batteries that Keep”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 128, number 11, page 22:
- 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.