Dec 7 2007
From The Space Library
Scientists from MIT and researchers from the U.S. Air Force published a paper in the journal Science explaining their development of oil-repellant materials with aerospace applications. The scientists had used fibers from polymers, combined with a special class of molecules called fluoroPOSS, to create oil-repellant, or superoleophobic, surfaces. The scientists explained that engineers would be able to use the fluoroPOSS-polymer blend to protect parts of airplanes and rockets, such as rubber gaskets and O-rings, which are vulnerable to damage resulting from saturation in fuel.
Anish Tuteja et al., “Designing Superoleophobic Surfaces,” Science 318, no. 5856 (7 December 2007): 1618, http://www.sciencemag.org/content/318/5856/1618.abstract (DOI 10.1126/science.1148326; accessed 1 December 2010); Henry Fountain, “Scientists Blend Materials To Create Oil-Repellant Surfaces,” New York Times, 11 December 2007; United Press International, “New Oil-Repellant Material Is Created,” 11 December 2007.
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