Ice accretion can lead to severe consequences in daily life and sometimes catastrophic
events. To mitigate the hazard of icing, passive icephobic surfaces have drawn widespread …

The surface dynamic wettability during droplet nucleation and growth involved with phase
change is different from the static wettability formed from a sessile drop. Revealing this …

Potent ice nucleating organic crystals display an increase in nucleation efficiency with
pressure and memory effect after pressurization that set them apart from inorganic …

In this study, the effective large-scale deicing based on the interfacial toughness-tuning
strategy of an ultraviolet-curable PDMS coating was developed. Methacrylate groups were …

The phenomenon of icing, and the derived processes for its mitigation, are of great
importance in many applications, ranging from transportation and energy to food and …

The icing of glass insulators is likely to cause faults such as insulator flashover, which poses
a serious threat to the power system. Traditional deicing techniques have the disadvantage …

Solving fundamental problems in engineering application can drive rapid industrial
development. The solid–ice interface adhesion mechanism on anti-icing materials has …

In this paper, the superhydrophobic surfaces of silicone rubber with different microstructure
were directly prepared by texturing with a nanosecond fibre laser. The superhydrophobic …

The inevitable formation and accumulation of ice on exposed surfaces can have adverse
effects on the normal performance of equipment and facilities. Here, we developed a novel …

The investigation of the anti-icing/deicing is essential because the icing phenomenon
deteriorates the natural environment and various projects. By conducting molecular …