Topic summary

Oleophobic

Oleophobic

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Lipophobicity.

"Oleophobic" (from the Latinoleum "oil", Greek ελαιοφοβικό eleophobico from έλαιο eleo "oil" and φόβος phobos "fear") refers to the physical property of a molecule that is seemingly repelled from oil. (Strictly speaking, there is no repulsive force involved; it is an absence of attraction.)