Can you feel the chemistry?

Silicon can be made hydrophilic or hydrophobic and humans can feel the difference

Source: Royal Society of Chemistry

Humans can feel the difference between a single layer of molecules

Using a bare finger, humans can feel the difference when molecules on the surface of a substance are changed

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