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Omniphobic objects

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The design of materials that repel both water and nonpolar molecules can be led by the tuning of parameters related to a surface's physical and microstructual properties

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  1. Tuteja, A., Choib, W., Mabryc, J. M., McKinley, G. H. & Cohen, R. E. Robust omniphobic surfaces. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 10.1073/pnas.0804872105 (2008). 10.1073/pnas.0804872105

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Armstrong, G. Omniphobic objects. Nature Chem (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.92

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