Superhydrophobic surfaces: insights from theory and experiment

S Parvate, P Dixit, S Chattopadhyay - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biomimetic nanosurfaces with distinct wettability and versatility have found special
enthusiasm in both fundamental research and industrial applications. With the advent of …

Recent progress in understanding the anti-icing behavior of materials

LB Boinovich, AM Emelyanenko - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the significant progress in fundamental research in the physics of atmospheric icing
or the revolutionary changes in modern materials and coatings achieved due to the recent …

Ultra-durable superhydrophobic cellular coatings

W Gu, W Li, Y Zhang, Y Xia, Q Wang, W Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Developing versatile, scalable, and durable coatings that resist the accretion of matters
(liquid, vapor, and solid phases) in various operating environments is important to industrial …

Triple-scale superhydrophobic surface with excellent anti-icing and icephobic performance via ultrafast laser hybrid fabrication

R Pan, H Zhang, M Zhong - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020 - ACS Publications
Passive anti-icing or icephobic superhydrophobic surfaces have attracted great interest due
to their potential multifaceted implications for the prevention and/or easy removal of …

Condensation droplet sieve

C Ma, L Chen, L Wang, W Tong, C Chu, Z Yuan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Large droplets emerging during dropwise condensation impair surface properties such as
anti-fogging/frosting ability and heat transfer efficiency. How to spontaneously detach …

Drop impact dynamics on solid surfaces

W Fang, K Zhang, Q Jiang, C Lv, C Sun, Q Li… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Drop impact on solid surfaces widely occurs both in nature and engineering. In this
Perspective, we review the recent advances in experimental, theoretical, and numerical …

Water droplet bouncing dynamics

X Yu, Y Zhang, R Hu, X Luo - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Droplet bouncing on surfaces has long been observed in nature and industry, which is
rather intriguing and instructive for related technology development. Recent decades have …

Laplace pressure driven single-droplet jumping on structured surfaces

X Yan, Y Qin, F Chen, G Zhao, S Sett, MJ Hoque… - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Droplet transport on, and shedding from, surfaces is ubiquitous in nature and is a key
phenomenon governing applications including biofluidics, self-cleaning, anti-icing, water …

Nature–Inspired self–cleaning surfaces: Mechanisms, modelling, and manufacturing

C Yu, S Sasic, K Liu, S Salameh, RHA Ras… - … Research and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Nature-inspired self-cleaning surfaces have attracted considerable attention from both
fundamental research and practical applications. This review adopts a chemical …

Review of droplet dynamics and dropwise condensation enhancement: Theory, experiments and applications

X Wang, B Xu, Z Chen, D Del Col, D Li, L Zhang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Droplet dynamics and condensation phenomena are widespread in nature and industrial
applications, and the fundamentals of various technological applications. Currently, with the …