Recent advances of bio-inspired anti-icing surfaces

S Jiang, Y Diao, H Yang - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The need for improved anti-icing surfaces is the demand of the time and closely related to
many important aspects of our lives as surface icing threatens not only industrial production …

Probing the mineral–water interface with nonlinear optical spectroscopy

EHG Backus, J Schaefer, M Bonn - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction between minerals and water is manifold and complex: the mineral surface
can be (de) protonated by water, thereby changing its charge; mineral ions dissolved into …

Impact of hierarchical water dipole orderings on the dynamics of aqueous salt solutions

R Shi, AJ Cooper, H Tanaka - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Ions exhibit highly ion-specific complex behaviours when solvated in water, which remains a
mystery despite the fundamental importance of ion solvation in nature, science, and …

Designing anti‐icing surfaces by controlling ice formation

X Zhou, Y Sun, J Liu - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the formation of ice from supercooled water on a surface is a matter of
fundamental importance and general use. Kinetics of ice nucleation and ice growth on solid …

Resolving the intrinsic short-range ordering of K+ ions on cleaved muscovite mica

G Franceschi, P Kocán, A Conti, S Brandstetter… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Muscovite mica, KAl2 (Si3Al) O10 (OH) 2, is a common layered phyllosilicate with
perfect cleavage planes. The atomically flat surfaces obtained through cleaving lend …

Can solid surface energy be a predictor of ice nucleation ability?

S Qin, Y **, F Yin, Z Wang, G Bai - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Surface energy is one of the most important properties of materials that dictate many
behaviors such as the spreading of water and ice nucleation. It is commonly thought that low …

Tuning ice nucleation by mussel-adhesive inspired polyelectrolytes: The role of hydrogen bonding

J Chen, Y Wang, B Leibauer, T Seki, K Meister… - CCS …, 2022 - chinesechemsoc.org
Heterogeneous ice nucleation (HIN) on foreign surfaces plays a crucial role across a wide
range of environmental and biological processes, and control of HIN is highly desirable …

The universal growth of ultrathin perovskite single crystals

L Li, Y Yu, P Li, J Liu, L Liang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Perovskites have engaged significant attention owing to rich species and remarkable
physical properties as well as optoelectronic applications. Compared to bulk counterparts …

Molecular simulations of feldspar surfaces interacting with aqueous inorganic solutions: interfacial water/ion structure and implications for ice nucleation

A Kumar, AK Bertram, GN Patey - ACS Earth and Space …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recent studies have established the superior ice-nucleating abilities of feldspars and the
varying effects of inorganic solutes on their ice-nucleating abilities. However, little is known …

Unraveling the mechanism of ice nucleation by mica (001) surfaces

A Soni, GN Patey - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous ice nucleation is an important process in atmospheric science, food
preservation, and other areas of research. Muscovite mica is a commonly occurring mineral …