Treated Aluminum Plate (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Treated Aluminum Plate

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Boreyko, along with undergraduate students William McClintic and Kevin Murphy, experimented by treating aluminum plates to render them superhydrophobic -- that is, so water-repellent that droplets easily roll off without sticking to the surface.

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