A heatshield for 'never-wet' surfaces: Rice engineering team repels even near-boiling water with low-cost, scalable coating
February 23, 2026
February 23, 2026
HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 23 -- Rice University posted the following news release:
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A heatshield for 'never-wet' surfaces: Rice engineering team repels even near-boiling water with low-cost, scalable coating
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Superhydrophobic surfaces -those famously "never-wet" materials that make water bead up and roll away -have a stubborn weakness: hot water. Once temperatures climb above roughly 40 degrees Celsius, many superhydrophobi . . .
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A heatshield for 'never-wet' surfaces: Rice engineering team repels even near-boiling water with low-cost, scalable coating
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Superhydrophobic surfaces -those famously "never-wet" materials that make water bead up and roll away -have a stubborn weakness: hot water. Once temperatures climb above roughly 40 degrees Celsius, many superhydrophobi . . .