superhydrophobicity

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ hydro- +‎ phobic +‎ -ity.

Noun

superhydrophobicity (uncountable)

  1. 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.
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