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Antiicing superhydrophobic coatings langmuir acs publications. Thus, superhydrophobic surfaces or coatings could be ideal potential antiicing materials for protecting the outdoor equipments in cold seasons or winter. Antiicing superhydrophobic coatings technology lawyers. The article suggests a new approach to the creation of superhydrophobic anti icing coatings, by drawing peeled multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Icephobic coatings for aircraft and other surfaces subjected to ice accretion have generated great. Superhydrophobic coatings with reduced ice adhesion. Antiicing superhydrophobic coatings liangliang cao, andrew k. Us20100314575a1 antiicing superhydrophobic coatings. The basic physicochemical mechanisms determining the antiicing performance of superhydrophobic surfaces and the problems of decreasing the efficiency of superhydrophobic materials are analyzed. The article suggests a new approach to the creation of superhydrophobic antiicing coatings, by drawing peeled multiwalled carbon nanotubes. The advantages of superhydrophobic coatings as a new method for protection against atmospheric icing are considered. In particular, the antiicing superhydrophobic and icephobic coatings can be achieved by designing and realizing nanostructured surfaces by taking inspiration from effective surface present in. Superhydrophobic coatings with reduced ice adhesion uqac. Pdf superhydrophobic coatings as antiicing systems for.

We find that the antiicing capability of these composites depends not only on their. Further, superhydrophobic surfaces can be used to reduce the time an impacting liquid droplet is in contact with the surface contact time, which in turn is useful for antiicing applications. Since water droplets cant touch coated surfaces, the freezing droplets merely fall away. Canada research chair on atmospheric icing engineering of power. A brief description of how superhydrophobicity can help mitigate the ice accretion problem on power network equipment and other exposed. However, to take advantage of the role of superhydrophobic coatings for antiicing on the wind turbine blade, the preparations of superhydrophobic coatings are crucial. Us20100314575a1 us12815,535 us81553510a us2010314575a1 us 20100314575 a1 us20100314575 a1 us 20100314575a1 us 81553510 a us81553510 a us 81553510a us 2010314575 a1 us2010314575 a1 us 2010314575a1 authority us united states prior art keywords nm coating superhydrophobic ice icing prior art date 20090616 legal status the legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Sikka, jianzhong wu, and di gao, department ofchemical andpetroleum engineering,university ofpittsburgh,pittsburgh,pennsylvania15261, ross technology corporation, leola, pennsylvania 17540, and department of chemical and environmental.