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Progress Toward Durable Icephobic Materials
… of interfacial ice adhesion strength, τice. Icephobic materials are those with ice adhesion below 100 kPa, and it has been shown that passive delamination can occur on surfaces with τice below 20 kPa. While various low adhesion surfaces have been prepared, durability concerns pervade …
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Characterization of Titanium Alkoxide- Based Sol-Gel Systems and their Behavior in Icephobic Coatings
… and adhesion of ice and are therefore termed 'icephobic'. These coatings are comprised of sub-micron sized phase domains of a hydrophobic matrix and a multi-component melt-point depressant. The melt-point depresssant complex consists of a titanium alkoxide-based sol-gel system designed to …
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On Physics of Durable Ice Phobic Surfaces
Icephobic surfaces have a critical footprint on human daily lives ranging from aviation systems and infrastructures to energy systems, but creation of these surfaces for low-temperature applications remains elusive. Non-wetting, liquid-infused and hydrated surfaces have inspired routes for …
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Fabrication of natural and magnetic slippery surfaces
Liquid-infused porous surfaces (LIPS) are a type of low adhesion surfaces. They allow most common solids and liquids to slide off the surface easily. Because of this they are able to reduce the adhesion of food, ice, and even blood platelets to surfaces. As a result, LIPS have applications in …
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On the Physics of Ice Nucleation and Growth in Nanoscale
Fundamental understanding of ice formation on a surface, i.e. heterogeneous formation, is critical to suppress ice accretion on the surfaces. Ice formation on a surface includes two steps of ice nucleation and further ice growth. As water droplet is placed on a sub-zero surface, with a time delay, …