Langmuir · 2021 · 32 citations · 48 references
A novel superhydrophobic coating composed of soft polydimethylsiloxane microspheres and stiff SiO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles was developed and prepared. This superhydrophobic coating showed excellent superhydrophobicity with a large water contact angle of 171.3° and also exhibited good anti-icing performance and ultralow icing adhesion of 1.53 kPa. Furthermore, the superhydrophobic coating displayed good icing/deicing cycle stability, in which the icing adhesion was still less than 10.0 kPa after 25 cycles. This excellent comprehensive performance is attributed to stress-localization between ice and the surface, resulting from the synergistic effect of soft and stiff particles. This work thus opens a new avenue to simultaneously optimize the anti-icing and icephobic performance of a superhydrophobic surface for various applications.
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Low–interfacial toughness materials for effective large-scale deicing
Kevin Golovin, Abhishek Dhyani, M.D. Thouless et al. · Science · 2019 · 548 citations
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Low-adhesion Toughness +16