Superhydrophobic Surface for Anti-icing
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2024 | Viewed by 1734
Special Issue Editors
Interests: superwettability; icephobic coatings / materials; surface processing / removal
Interests: superhydrophobic surface; droplet bouncing; aircraft anti/de-icing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aircraft icing has become a serious issue in our daily lives. As a result, many anti-icing and de-icing techniques have been developed over the past few decades. Compared with the traditional de-icing strategies, which have high energy consumption, icephobic materials inspired by natural biological surfaces appeal to many researchers seeking to develop an anti-icing method without energy consumption. Currently, there are many strategies for the design and preparation of the corresponding icephobic materials (coatings or surface), such as a superhydrophobic surface, superlubrication, low-ice-adhesion coatings, etc. Additionally, many theoretical and experimental studies have been widely reported to solve the core issues on the solid–liquid/ice interfaces for the aims of water repellency, icing delay, and low ice adhesion.
This Special Issue will focus on advances in icephobic materials, including superhydrophobic materials, SLIPS, low ice adhesion coatings, etc., and explores the preparation, characterization, and application of these materials in aircraft anti/de-icing.
Topics of particular interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Superhydrophobic surface/coatings;
- Superlubrication surface/coatings;
- Droplets bouncing on the surface;
- Low-ice-adhesion coatings;
- Low-temperature non-wettability;
- Low interface toughness coatings for anti-icing;
- Solid–liquid/ice interface theories;
- Thermal coatings for anti/de-icing;
- The other anti/de-icing methods used in aircraft.
Dr. Yizhou Shen
Dr. Senyun Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- superhydrophobic
- superlubrication
- icephobic
- thermal coatings
