Robust and durable liquid-repellent surfaces

F Chen, Y Wang, Y Tian, D Zhang, J Song… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid-repellent surfaces, such as superhydrophobic surfaces, superoleophobic surfaces,
and slippery liquid-infused surfaces, have drawn keen research interest from the …

Recent advancements in photothermal anti-icing/deicing materials

Y Wu, L Dong, X Shu, Y Yang, P Feng, Q Ran - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The formation and accumulation of ice on various exposed surfaces are common and
unavoidable phenomena, which have detrimental effects on industrial production and daily …

Engineering metal–phenolic networks for solar desalination with directional salt crystallization

Z Wang, J Gao, J Zhou, J Gong, L Shang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar desalination is one of the most promising strategies to address the global freshwater
shortage crisis. However, the residual salt accumulated on the top surface of solar …

Sunlight-powered self-excited oscillators for sustainable autonomous soft robotics

Y Zhao, Q Li, Z Liu, Y Alsaid, P Shi, M Khalid Jawed… - Science Robotics, 2023 - science.org
As the field of soft robotics advances, full autonomy becomes highly sought after, especially
if robot motion can be powered by environmental energy. This would present a self …

Robust Photothermal Icephobic Surface with Mechanical Durability of Multi‐Bioinspired Structures

M Zhou, L Zhang, L Zhong, M Chen, L Zhu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photothermal superhydrophobic surfaces are potential to become ideal anti‐/deicing
surfaces due to their rapid water removal, icing delay, and photothermal deicing …

A review on photothermal conversion of solar energy with nanomaterials and nanostructures: from fundamentals to applications

P Cheng, D Wang, P Schaaf - Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar energy is a green, sustainable, and de facto inexhaustible energy source for mankind.
The conversion of solar energy into other forms of energy has attracted extensive research …

Highly transparent and self‐healable solar thermal anti‐/deicing surfaces: when ultrathin MXene multilayers marry a solid slippery self‐cleaning coating

W Niu, GY Chen, H Xu, X Liu, J Sun - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar anti‐/deicing can solve icing problems by converting sunlight into heat. One of the
biggest problems, which has long been plaguing the design of solar anti‐/deicing surfaces …

Carbon-based photothermal superhydrophobic materials with hierarchical structure enhances the anti-icing and photothermal deicing properties

Z Xie, H Wang, Y Geng, M Li, Q Deng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ice formation on the surface of outdoor equipment brings significant inconvenience to
human life and production. Superhydrophobic materials with the micro-nanostructure are …

Recent advances in photothermal anti-/de-icing materials

J Shi, S Ke, F Wang, W Wang, C Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Photothermal anti-/de-icing materials (PA/DIMs) have attracted significant attention due to
their potential in addressing surface ice formation. To date, improved durability and harsh …

Magnetic responsive and flexible composite superhydrophobic photothermal film for passive anti-icing/active deicing

W Zheng, L Teng, Y Lai, T Zhu, S Li, X Wu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The formation and accumulation of ice can lead to severe economic loss or even loss of life.
To prevent these losses, there has been rapid development in icephobic materials in recent …