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Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Metal Surfaces for Anti-Icing Applications
Published on: August 15, 2018
Superhydrophobic versus SLIPS: Temperature dependence and the stability of ice adhesion strength
Ludmila B Boinovich1, Kirill A Emelyanenko1, Alexandre M Emelyanenko1
1Laboratory of Surface Forces, A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 31 bldg. 4, Moscow 119071, Russia.
Hypothesis:
Ice adhesion to solids, being affected by the ice/solid intermolecular interactions and structure of ice surface layer is dependent on temperature, and ice surface layer equilibration time.
Experiments:
A new centrifugal method of shear ice adhesion strength measurement with accurate temperature control on each stage from ice formation on test surfaces to the adhesion measurement is applied to study ice adhesion to superhydrophobic and slippery surfaces. The determinative advantage of the developed method is related to monitoring in one experiment the ice detachment from numerous samples and accurate measuring the rotation frequency for each ice detachment.
Findings:
The following findings will be discussed.
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