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 …

Icephobic surfaces, used as passive anti-icing materials, are in high demand due to the
costs, damage, and loss of equipment and lives related to ice formation on outdoor surfaces …

Surface icing poses a significant threat to various industries, including aircraft, power grid,
transportation, communication facilities, and offshore platforms. The inefficiency and high …

While the droplet impact dynamics on stationary superhydrophobic surfaces has been
extensively studied, the dynamic behaviors of impact droplets on moving superhydrophobic …

Icing is one of the most fascinating phenomena occurring ubiquitously in nature and multiple
industrial applications. In spite of a century of research work on this topic, an in-depth …

Fabrication methods of the hydrophobic property on metal surfaces and frosting
characteristics on hydrophobic surfaces were investigated. A hydrophobic surface with a …

Preventing or minimizing ice formation in supercooled water is of prominent importance in
many infrastructures, transportation, and cooling systems. The overall phase change heat …

Interdroplet vapor pressure gradients are the driving mechanism for several phase-change
phenomena such as condensation dry zones, interdroplet ice bridging, dry zones around …

Condensation frosting on solid surfaces is a common phenomenon in nature and industry,
and the covered frost layer is harmful to many applications, so it is necessary to take …

Superhydrophobic surfaces have been confirmed to have the capacity for delaying the
condensation frosting, and the self-propelled droplet jumping phenomenon further …