This review provides an overview of recent advances in the application of superhydrophobic
surfaces to act as corrosion barriers. The adverse consequences of corrosion are a serious …

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 …

Silicon-based polymers are outstanding materials for coating applications. These
compounds have excellent properties, such as strong adhesion to most substrates, and high …

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 …

A new kind of functional surfaces with particular characteristics, ie, superhydrophobic
surfaces, has recently been developed and applied in many fields, such as airplane, wind …

Formation, adhesion, and accumulation of ice, snow, frost, glaze, rime, or their mixtures can
cause severe problems for solar panels, wind turbines, aircrafts, heat pumps, power lines …

Wetting control is essential for many applications, such as self-cleaning, anti-icing, anti-
fogging, antibacterial action as well as anti-reflection and friction control. While significant …

Frosting is a natural phase change phenomenon which happens frequently in nature and
industry and has negative effects on a variety of applications. As a passive anti-frosting …

Icing of surfaces is commonplace in nature and technology, affecting everyday life and
sometimes causing catastrophic events. Understanding (and counteracting) surface icing …

Surfaces that can passively mitigate ice accretion have recently attracted significant interest
as an alternative to cost-intensive, active, de-icing technologies. After decades of research …