Icephobic materials: Fundamentals, performance evaluation, and applications

Y Shen, X Wu, J Tao, C Zhu, Y Lai, Z Chen - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Ice accretion may cause malfunction or serious performance degradation in outdoor facilities
and structures, such as aircraft, ship, locks and dams, offshore platforms, solar panels, wind …

Laser engineering of biomimetic surfaces

E Stratakis, J Bonse, J Heitz, J Siegel… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The exciting properties of micro-and nano-patterned surfaces found in natural species hide
a virtually endless potential of technological ideas, opening new opportunities for innovation …

Recent progress in understanding the anti-icing behavior of materials

LB Boinovich, AM Emelyanenko - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the significant progress in fundamental research in the physics of atmospheric icing
or the revolutionary changes in modern materials and coatings achieved due to the recent …

A survey of icephobic coatings and their potential use in a hybrid coating/active ice protection system for aerospace applications

X Huang, N Tepylo, V Pommier-Budinger… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2019 - Elsevier
Icephobic coatings for aircraft and other surfaces subjected to ice accretion have generated
great interest in the past two decades, due to the advancement of nanomaterials, coating …

Surface engineering for phase change heat transfer: A review

D Attinger, C Frankiewicz, AR Betz… - MRS Energy & …, 2014 - cambridge.org
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 …

Mechanism of frost formation on lubricant-impregnated surfaces

K Rykaczewski, S Anand, SB Subramanyam… - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
Frost formation is a major problem affecting a variety of industries including transportation,
power generation, construction, and agriculture. Currently used active chemical, thermal …

Passive anti-icing and active deicing films

T Wang, Y Zheng, ARO Raji, Y Li… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Anti-icing and deicing are the two major pathways for suppressing adhesion of ice on
surfaces, yet materials with dual capabilities are rare. In this work, we have designed a …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-icing aluminum alloy surface with multi-level micro-nano textures constructed by picosecond laser

W Xing, Z Li, H Yang, X Li, X Wang, N Li - Materials & design, 2019 - Elsevier
Anti-icing surface is crucial to the safety of aircraft, power line, mechanical apparatus and
other important devices, while the current superhydrophobic surfaces are facing dilemmas of …

Simple approach to superhydrophobic nanostructured Al for practical antifrosting application based on enhanced self-propelled jumping droplets

A Kim, C Lee, H Kim, J Kim - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2015 - ACS Publications
Frost formation can cause operational difficulty and efficiency loss for many facilities such as
aircraft, wind turbines, and outdoor heat exchangers. Self-propelled jumping by condensate …

Anti-icing properties of superhydrophobic ZnO/PDMS composite coating

C Yang, F Wang, W Li, J Ou, C Li, A Amirfazli - Applied Physics A, 2016 - Springer
We present the excellent anti-icing performance for a superhydrophobic coating surface
based on ZnO/polydimethylsiloxane (ZnO/PDMS) composite. The superhydrophobic …