Lipophobicity, also sometimes called lipophobia, is a chemical property of chemical compounds which means "fat rejection", literally "fear of fat". Lipophobic compounds are those not soluble in lipids or other non-polar solvents. From the other point of view, they do not adsorb fats.

"Oleophobic" (from the Greek (oleo) "oil") refers to the physical property of a molecule that is repelled from oil.

The most common lipophobic/oleophobic substance is water.

Fluorocarbons are also lipophobic and oleophobic.

[edit] Uses

A lipophobic coating is used on the touchscreens of the Apple iPhone 3GS,^[1] HTC HD2, and HTC Hero^{[citation needed]} to repel fingerprint oils.

[edit] See also

• Lipophilicity

[edit] References

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