Christian Machado1, Benjamin Stern1, Haiyue Huang2

  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.

Science advances
|October 30, 2024
PubMed
概括

这项研究提出了一种新的混合表面设计,可以在关键基础设施上防止结超过150小时. 这种防技术为寒冷环境提供了持久且可扩展的解决方案.

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