A new kind of functional surfaces with particular characteristics, ie, superhydrophobic
surfaces, has recently been developed and applied in many fields, such as airplane, wind …

This review gives an overview of recent advances in the potential applications of
superhydrophobic materials. Such properties are characterized by extremely high water …

Owing to advances in micro-and nanofabrication methods over the last two decades, the
degree of sophistication with which solid surfaces can be engineered today has caused a …

Frosting causes negative impacts in many technical and engineering fields, such as
refrigeration, air source heat pump, aircraft, wind power generation, and power grids. To …

This study reviewed the defrosting techniques applicable for the heating, ventilation, air-
conditioning, and refrigeration industry, including passive, active, and system techniques …

As exemplified by the extreme cold weather hitting central China and causing great
economic losses in 2018, as well as the 2021 Texas power crisis involving more than 4.5 …

As a common physical phenomenon, frost deposition is inevitable and always has
significant negative effects on several industry fields, such as aerospace, aviation, and …

abstract The accretion of ice and frost on various infrastructure is ubiquitous in cold and
humid environments, causing economic losses amounting to billions of dollars every year …

Micro-and nanopatterns perform unique functions and have attracted attention in various
industrial fields, such as electronic devices, microfluidics, biotechnology, optics, sensors …

Water suspended on chilled superhydrophobic surfaces exhibits delayed freezing; however,
the interdrop growth of frost through subcooled condensate forming on the surface seems …