Regulation of droplet impacting on superhydrophobic surfaces: Coupled effects of macrostructures, wettability patterns, and surface motion

F Chu, S Li, Z Hu, X Wu - Applied Physics Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Superhydrophobic surfaces have shown great application prospects due to their excellent
water repellency in many applications involving fluid–surface interactions. As a ubiquitous …

Advanced Anti‐Icing Strategies and Technologies by Macrostructured Photothermal Storage Superhydrophobic Surfaces

F Chu, Z Hu, Y Feng, NC Lai, X Wu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Water is the source of life and civilization, but water icing causes catastrophic damage to
human life and diverse industrial processes. Currently, superhydrophobic surfaces (inspired …

Dynamical behaviors of water drop impact on superhydrophobic surfaces with the macro-textured cavity

X Jiang, Y Zhou, E Xu, X Meng, G Wu, HZ Li - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drop impact on superhydrophobic surfaces (SHSs) is of significant importance to many
engineering applications. Drop impact dynamics on micro-nano structured SHSs has been …

The criterion of supercooled bionic lotus surfaces repelling impacting droplets for anti‐icing engineering

Z Zhu, J Li, Y Luo, X Li, L Chen… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Icephobic material is of great importance in power transportation, communication,
aerospace, and so on. Bionic lotus superhydrophobic surfaces show good application …

Droplet Impact on Superhydrophobic Mesh Surfaces

X Chen, JJ Sun, SF Zheng, BJ Wei, LZ Zhang, SR Gao… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Reducing the contact time of droplet impacts on surfaces is crucial for various applications
including corrosion prevention and anti-icing. This study aims to explore a novel strategy …

Heat transfer during droplet impact on a cold superhydrophobic surface via interfacial thermal mapping

V Kumar, Q Fu, H Szeto, Y Zhu - Droplet, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Undesired heat transfer during droplet impact on cold surfaces can lead to ice formation and
damage to renewable infrastructure, among others. To address this, superhydrophobic …

Facile fabrication of superhydrophobic sub-millimetric cone-shape pillars based on a single UV exposure to control drop impact dynamics

YS Ko, C Ha, YJ Heo, C Lee - Journal of Mechanical Science and …, 2024 - Springer
When a water drop is impinged upon a superhydrophobic surface with submillimetric
surface structures, unconventional impact dynamics such as pancake-like bouncing and …