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oleophilic

oleophilic adjective: having an affinity for oil (rather than for water).

Adjective

oleophilic (comparative more oleophilic, superlative most oleophilic)

  1. Having an affinity for oil (rather than for water)
    • We demonstrate that tunable superoleophobic surfaces fabricated by a simple spin and spray coating methods of titania on silicon (Si) wafers and stainless steel (SS) mesh, which possess a hierarchical re-entrant structure consisting of nano meter sized particles on top of micron sized particle, are...2015, Jitesh Barman, Sumit Kumar Majumder, Krishnacharya Khare, “Reversible Transition between Superoleophobic and Superoleophilic States on Titania Coated Substrates by UV Irradiation”, in arXiv

Forms of oleophilic

comparativemore oleophilic
superlativemost oleophilic

Origin of oleophilic

From oleo- + -philic.

Words formed from oleophilic

Questions about oleophilic

What does oleophilic mean?
Oleophilic means having an affinity for oil (rather than for water).
What part of speech is oleophilic?
Oleophilic is an adjective.

Words near oleophilic in the dictionary

  1. oleomargarines
  2. oleometer
  3. oleometers
  4. oleon
  5. oleone
  6. oleophilic
  7. oleophobic
  8. oleophobically
  9. oleophobicity
  10. oleopneumatic
  11. oleoptene

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