The formation and accumulation of ice on various exposed surfaces are common and
unavoidable phenomena, which have detrimental effects on industrial production and daily …

Because undesired surface icing can cause tremendous losses to human life and property,
innovative methods of anti-icing must be exploited urgently. Recent increasing studies …

Manipulating fluid with an open channel provides a promising strategy to simplify the current
systems. Nevertheless, spontaneous on‐surface fluid transport with large flux, high speed …

Liquid–vapour phase change is a useful and efficient process to transfer energy in nature,
as well as in numerous domestic and industrial applications. Relatively recent advances in …

Ice accumulation poses a series of severe issues in daily life. Inspired by the nature,
superwettability surfaces have attracted great interests from fundamental research to anti …

In the context of global water scarcity, water vapor available in air is a non-negligible
supplementary fresh water resource. Current and potential energetically passive procedures …

Despite the significant progress in fundamental research in the physics of atmospheric icing
or the revolutionary changes in modern materials and coatings achieved due to the recent …

Ice accumulation on solid surfaces can incur irretrievable losses and catastrophic affairs in
daily life. These issues can be addressed and strategically alleviated by adopting effective …

Ice accretion in winter has been a serious threat to the security of people's lives and facility
operations. To prevent ice accretion, various materials have been developed in the past …

Superhydrophobicity has received significant attention over the past three decades owing to
its significant potential in self-cleaning, anti-icing and drag reduction surfaces, energy …