Nature's Raincoats

Nature's Raincoats

  • Introduction
    • Hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces
    • Super-slippery surfaces
  • Bioinspiration
    • Adaptation of animals to water
    • Adaptation of plants to water
  • Artificial surfaces
    • Superhydrophobic surfaces
    • Water-shedding Surfaces
    • Uses of superhydrophobic surfaces
    • Uses of water-shedding surfaces
  • Research
    • Research groups
    • Recent research involving solid / liquid interfaces
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  • Move to the University of Edinburgh

    Move to the University of Edinburgh

    On 27th July 2020, three of the staff involved with this website moved from the University of Northumbria to the University of Edinburgh. They will carry on with research related to this website. In conjunction with this change, we have taken the opportunity to reorder and update some of the material on the website to…

  • Site update!

    Site update!

    Ten years after Nature’s Raincoats started, we thought it was high time we renovated the website. So far you’ll find almost exactly the same material, just wrapped in a glossy new coat (and with several links and videos fixed up so they work again). One reason for going to the trouble is to make it…

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