oleophobic

Resistant to grease

Oleophobic means oil-repelling.

The term appears most often in descriptions of screen coatings on smartphones and tablets, where an oleophobic layer resists fingerprints and smudges: The oleophobic coating wore off after a year of use.

The opposite is oleophilic, meaning oil-attracting.

properties

beading

Ornamental small-sphere work

screens

touchscreen

Input-sensitive display panel

smartwatch · LCD · OLED · anti-glare · capacitive

coatings

fluoropolymer

Carbon-fluorine chain compound

  • PTFEFluoropolymer with low friction
  • silaneSilicon-hydrogen compound
  • thin-filmUltra-shallow material layer
maintenance

cleanable

Able to be scrubbed

pristine · spotless · streak-free

Categories
Opposites
oil affinity

oleophobiclipophilic

Attracted to fatty substances

hydrophobic · fat-soluble · nonpolar

absorbency/wettability

oleophobiclipophilic

Attracted to fatty substances

absorbent · wettable · permeable · porous · sorbent

Family

phobia, phobic, hydrophobic

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