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Wetter report: New approach to testing surface adhesion

Polymer scientists at NIST have devised a convenient way to construct test surfaces with a variable affinity for water, so that the same surface can range from superhydrophilic to superhydrophobic, and everything in between. Their technique may be used for rapid evaluation of paints and other materials that need to stick to surfaces.

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