Ep 16 - Oil-Repellent, Not Environment-Repellent: A PFAS-Free Future?
- Author
- Son Hoang
- Published
- Thu 07 Aug 2025
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/son-hoang9/episodes/Ep-16---Oil-Repellent--Not-Environment-Repellent-A-PFAS-Free-Future-e36dk7l
Can we ditch long-chain PFAS without sacrificing performance? This episode explores a groundbreaking study where researchers engineer oil-repellent surfaces using ultrashort perfluorocarbons (just -CF₃!) on PDMS brushes. Discover how “nanoscale fletching” offers a cleaner, safer path to industrial coatings—and what it means for materials design in a post-PFAS world.
Feature paper:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62119-9
