Anti-icing surface is crucial to the safety of aircraft, power line, mechanical apparatus and other important devices, while the current superhydrophobic surfaces are facing dilemmas of short lifespan, poor stability and complex processing, owing to the low-strength of coating or required post-chemi...

Icing has adverse effects on human daily life and industrial production. The superhydrophobic surfaces have enormous potential for anti-icing applications because of the excellent water repellent effect. To enhance the anti-icing properties of metal surfaces, a hybrid method was employed, which comb...

Freezing phenomena of water droplets on metal surfaces widely exist in nature and industry. While the freezing of a sessile water droplet has been extensively studied, here we report an experimental and thoeritical investigation of the freezing characteristics of a deposited water droplet on cold hy...