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 …

Because undesired surface icing can cause tremendous losses to human life and property,
innovative methods of anti-icing must be exploited urgently. Recent increasing studies …

Ice formation on the surface of outdoor equipment brings significant inconvenience to
human life and production. Superhydrophobic materials with the micro-nanostructure are …

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 …

Anti-icing coating is one of the recent hot topics in industrial applications as well as from the
academic viewpoint. Icing is one of the major problem on various substrates such as glass …

This work introduces a new self-healing superhydrophobic coating based on dual actions by
the corrosion inhibitor benzotriazole (BTA) and an epoxy-based shape memory polymer …

In recent years, the worldwide coating industries and scientific communities have introduced
superhydrophobic coatings with exceptional water repellency for marine, automotive, and …

Undesired ice accumulation leads to severe economic issues and, in some cases, loss of
lives. Although research on anti-icing has been carried out for decades, environmentally …

For faster and greener anti-icing/deicing, a new generation of anti-icing materials are
expected to possess both passive anti-icing properties and active deicing properties. The …

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 …