Omniphobic Coatings (IMAGE)

Office of Naval Research

Omniphobic Coatings

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Mathew Boban, a graduate student research assistant at the University of Michigan, pours hexadecane oil onto a glass slide covered with an omniphobic coating. The petroleum-based, highly viscous oil slides easily off the glass. The Office of Naval Research is sponsoring efforts to see how omniphobic coatings might reduce friction drag--resistance created by the movement of a hull through water--on ships, submarines and unmanned underwater vessels.

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Robert Coelius, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

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