Passive anti-icing surfaces, or icephobic surfaces, are an area of great interest because of
their significant economic, energy and safety implications in the prevention and easy …

Polysiloxane is one of the most favorite polymeric materials used in the emerging field of
passive surface icephobicity; This is due to its tailorable softness, hydrophobicity, and …

Interactions induced by electromagnetic fluctuations, such as van der Waals and Casimir
forces, are of universal nature present at any length scale between any types of systems …

Atmospheric icing has become a global concern due to hazardous consequences of ice
accretion on air, land, and sea transport and infrastructure. Icephobic surfaces due to their …

Gel materials have drawn great attention recently in the anti-icing research community due
to their remarkable potential for reducing ice adhesion, inhibiting ice nucleation, and …

Icephobic surfaces have a critical footprint on human daily lives ranging from aviation
systems and infrastructures to energy systems, but creation of these surfaces for low …

Due to their exceptional anti-icing, anti-corrosion, and anti-drag qualities, biomimetic metal-
derived superwetting surfaces, which are widely employed in the aerospace, automotive …

The surface of ice exhibits the swath of phase-transition phenomena common to all
materials and as such it acts as an ideal test bed of both theory and experiment. It is readily …

Icephobic surfaces have daily critical impact on human lives in cold climates, with uses
ranging from aviation systems and infrastructure to energy systems. However, creation of …

The advantages of superhydrophobic coatings as a new method for protection against
atmospheric icing are considered. The basic physicochemical mechanisms determining the …