Droplet‐surface systems are an area of great scientific and technological interest as they
widely present in diverse domestic and industrial applications. To modulate the biphasic …

Freezing of water droplets impacting a cold substrate is a commonly encountered
circumstance impairing the performance and safety of various applications. Active methods …

We investigate the arrested spreading of room temperature droplets impacting flat ice. The
use of an icy substrate eliminates the nucleation energy barrier, such that a freeze front can …

Freezing of impacting water droplets on cold inclined surfaces is ubiquitous in nature and
many engineering applications. Most of previous studies are limited to the regime where the …

A water droplet impacting onto a supercooled surface is typically considered to freeze and
adhere to the substrate. This ice accretion poses safety and economic threats to …

We study the freezing of water drops on a copper substrate for temperatures ranging from− 9
to− 79∘ C. We propose a thermal and geometrical analytical model for the freezing front …

Ice accumulation causes great risks to aircraft, electric power lines, and wind-turbine blades.
For the ice accumulation on structural surfaces, ice adhesion force is a crucial factor, which …

Omniphobic and icephobic twin-scale surfaces based on the “urchin”-like fluorinated Al2O3
particles are presented. Combined effect of hierarchical topography and fluorination …

Solidification of impacting water droplets on surfaces impairs the performance and safety of
various applications. Prior studies mostly focused on the freezing behaviors of normal …

Ice formation is a major challenge for engineering systems. Superhydrophobic surfaces
constitute an effective approach to address this challenge. However, in addition to complex …