Liquid-repellent surfaces, such as superhydrophobic surfaces, superoleophobic surfaces,
and slippery liquid-infused surfaces, have drawn keen research interest from the …

In the winter, icing on solid surfaces is a typical occurrence that may create a slew of hassles
and even tragedies. Anti-icing surfaces are one of the effective solutions for this kind of …

Supercooled droplet freezing on surfaces occurs frequently in nature and industry, often
adversely affecting the efficiency and reliability of technological processes. The ability of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Water freezing remains a perennial topic of great relevance to many important aspects of our
lives; from the climate to human society and from economics to medicine, frozen water …

Synthetic superhydrophobic (SH) surfaces were developed after 1990s, and the number of
publications in this field is around 13 500 at present. However, the industrial production of …

Spontaneous removal of condensed matter from surfaces is exploited in nature and in a
broad range of technologies to achieve self-cleaning,, anti-icing,,, and condensation control …

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 …