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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Researchers have created a new type of ultra-thin material that may pave the way to a new era of waterproofing, affecting everything from cooking to transportation.
So finding new, super-water-resistant coatings opens up a range of possibilities for designing more efficient, waterproof machinery in the future.
These materials are made up of an ultra-thin liquid layer of water-resistant molecules, bonded to a solid surface of silicone underneath.
In a new study, published in the journal Nature Chemistry on October 23, researchers from Aalto University in Finland found that these materials are equally water-resistant when the liquid-like molecules are present at a low concentration as they are at a high one.
'Our work is the first time that anyone has gone directly to the nanometer-level to create molecularly heterogenous surfaces,' doctoral researcher Sakari Lepikko, lead author of the study, said in a statement.
The team hopes to continue testing the properties of this exceptionally waterproof material to inform its potential applications better in the future.
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