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Inside Cover: Fluorinated Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (F‐POSS) (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 22/2008)
Author(s) -
Mabry Joseph M.,
Vij Ashwani,
Iacono Scott T.,
Viers Brent D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200890101
Subject(s) - silsesquioxane , nanoscopic scale , lotus effect , materials science , cover (algebra) , surface finish , surface roughness , surface (topology) , crystallography , polymer science , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , composite material , geometry , mathematics , polymer , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , raw material , engineering
The lotus leaf obtains its superhydrophobic properties from the presence of both microscopic and nanoscopic roughness on the leaf surface. A fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (FD‐POSS) forms a molecular package with similar nanoscopic surface roughness. J. M. Mabry, A. Vij et al. report in their Communication on page 4137 ff. on what is probably the most hydrophobic crystalline compound known. Leaf photographs: William Thielicke and Yves Rubin.