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 …

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 …

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 …

Efficient Photothermal Anti‐/Deicing Enabled by 3D Cu2‐xS Encapsulated Phase Change Materials Mixed Superhydrophobic Coatings

M Hou, Z Jiang, W Sun, Z Chen, F Chu… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photothermal superhydrophobic surfaces are one of the most promising anti‐/deicing
materials, yet they are limited by the low energy density and intermittent nature of solar …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Functional PDMS elastomers: Bulk composites, surface engineering, and precision fabrication

S Li, J Zhang, J He, W Liu, YH Wang… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)—the simplest and most common silicone compound—
exemplifies the central characteristics of its class and has attracted tremendous research …

Multiscale hybrid-structured femtosecond laser-induced graphene with outstanding photo-electro-thermal effects for all-day anti-icing/deicing

L Wang, K Yin, Q Deng, Q Huang, CJ Arnusch - Carbon, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Multifunctional materials with photothermal and electrothermal effects have garnered
considerable attention for solving the icing problem. Although great progress has been …