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Chemistry World August 17, 2010 Carol Stanier	Wet weather coatings Ever wished that your waterproof jacket could actively remove water from the inside? Tong Lin at Deakin University, Australia, and his colleagues coated a porous polyester fabric on both sides with a mixture of titanium dioxide and organosilanes.
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Chemistry World October 26, 2010	Waterproof Cotton That Can go Through the Wash Chinese researchers have made cotton fabric that is completely impervious to water and can be put through the laundry without losing its superhydrophobic properties, overcoming a key obstacle in the commercialisation of these highly waterproof materials.
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Chemistry World September 22, 2011 Jon Evans	Pitcher plant inspires ultimate non-stick surface By mimicking the leaves of a carnivorous tropical plant, US scientists have developed a surface so slippery that everything slides off: water, oil, blood, ice, jam and even ants.
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Fast Company April 2010 Theunis Bates	Insectislide Will Keep the Bugs Away A nontoxic coating takes the feet out from under insects.
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National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel	Water Repellent Discovery Could Aid Military A powerful new water repellent may be able to keep water off military uniforms and help ships reduce drag in the water.
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Chemistry World November 20, 2013 Simon Hadlington	A drop of extra bounce US researchers have discovered a simple way to modify a water-repellent surface so that bouncing drops of water spend significantly less time in contact with the surface.
Chemistry World June 30, 2011 Heather Montgomery	Rust busting self-healing materials Scientists in Singapore have prepared a coating for metals that heals itself after being scratched to prevent corrosion of the metal underneath.
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Chemistry World September 8, 2009 Ned Stafford	Tackling graffiti A new coating was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute and the Center of polymer and carbon materials of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gliwice and Zabrze, Poland.
Chemistry World February 11, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Footfalls to power static nanogenerator Recharging your laptop battery with energy derived simply from walking has moved a step closer with new research where scientists have developed a novel generator that can produce significant amounts of electrical power from static electricity.
Chemistry World January 25, 2012 Jon Evans	Water repellent polymer slows down drug delivery It turns out that superhydrophobic materials are very good at slowly releasing drugs over extended periods of time, from weeks to months.
Chemistry World July 26, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Remote controlled omniphobic surface Chemists in the US have developed a material that normally resists wetting by both aqueous and organic liquids, but can have this property 'switched off' using a magnet, allowing liquids to soak the surface.
Chemistry World October 27, 2014 Emma Cooper	Self-cleaning surfaces from scrap silicone Scientists in China have made a mechanically stable superhydrophobic material from waste silicone.
Chemistry World November 4, 2014 Emma Stoye	Pressure-sensitive coating makes swallowed batteries safer Scientists have developed a protective coating for button cell batteries that stops curious children that swallow them from being injured.
Chemistry World March 18, 2011 Holly Sheahan	Cool roof coating inspired by the poplar leaf The coating could be used on the outside of buildings to counteract the heating effect of carbon dioxide emissions, reducing the energy needed to cool the building from the inside.
Chemistry World January 23, 2015 Simon Neil	Self-cleaning sensors see the light Scientists in Italy have engineered a cheap and simple electrochemical sensor that cleans itself when exposed to ultraviolet light.
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