A roadmap to sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting: from molecular sorption mechanism to sorbent design and system optimization

K Yang, T Pan, Q Lei, X Dong, Q Cheng… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (SAWH), which uses sorbents to capture
water vapor from the air and low-grade energy to produce fresh liquid water, has been …

Coalescence-induced droplet jumping

C Liu, M Zhao, Y Zheng, L Cheng, J Zhang, CATH Tee - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
When two or more droplets coalesce on a superhydrophobic surface, the merged droplet
can jump spontaneously from the surface without requiring any external energy. This …

Solar anti-icing surface with enhanced condensate self-removing at extreme environmental conditions

H Zhang, G Zhao, S Wu, Y Alsaid… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The inhibition of condensation freezing under extreme conditions (ie, ultra-low temperature
and high humidity) remains a daunting challenge in the field of anti-icing. As water vapor …

Laplace pressure driven single-droplet jumping on structured surfaces

X Yan, Y Qin, F Chen, G Zhao, S Sett, MJ Hoque… - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Droplet transport on, and shedding from, surfaces is ubiquitous in nature and is a key
phenomenon governing applications including biofluidics, self-cleaning, anti-icing, water …

Rational fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces with coalescence-induced droplet jumping behavior for atmospheric corrosion protection

X Chen, P Wang, D Zhang, J Ou - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Coalescence-induced droplet jumping behavior on superhydrophobic surfaces has a
potential application in atmospheric corrosion protection by spontaneously removing the …

Breaking droplet jumping energy conversion limits with superhydrophobic microgrooves

Q Peng, X Yan, J Li, L Li, H Cha, Y Ding, C Dang, L Jia… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Coalescence-induced droplet jumping has the potential to enhance the performance of a
variety of applications including condensation heat transfer, surface self-cleaning, anti-icing …

Efficient anti-frosting on discrete nanoclusters via spatiotemporal control of condensation frosting dynamics

S Yang, Y Ying, W Li, Y Feng, R Wen, Q Li, Y Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tailoring the condensation frosting dynamics, particularly by surface topological designs,
holds great promise to mitigate the frost accretion yet has proven challenging due to the …

Recent advances in prevailing antifogging surfaces: structures, materials, durability, and beyond

J Chu, G Tian, X Feng - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In past decades, antifogging surfaces have drawn more and more attention owing to their
promising and wide applications such as in aerospace, traffic transportation, optical devices …

Ultrascalable surface structuring strategy of metal additively manufactured materials for enhanced condensation

JY Ho, KF Rabbi, S Khodakarami, S Sett… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) enables unparalleled design freedom for the
development of optimized devices in a plethora of applications. The requirement for the use …

Ice adhesion properties on micropillared superhydrophobic surfaces

H Zhang, H Du, D Zhu, H Zhao, X Zhang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this work, we investigate the freezing behavior and ice adhesion properties of sessile
drops on micropillared superhydrophobic surfaces (SHSs) with various sizes, which are of …