On ice-releasing properties of rough hydrophobic coatings
On ice-releasing properties of rough hydrophobic coatings
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DOI:
10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.01.001
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发表时间:
2011-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Farzaneh, M.
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作者:
Kulinich, S. A.;Farzaneh, M.
In this work, ice repellency of rough hydrophobic coatings based on different materials and with different surface topographies is evaluated. The coatings were prepared either from a fluoropolymer incorporated with nanoparticles or by etching aluminum alloy substrate followed by further hydrophobization of the rough surface via an organosilane monolayer adsorbed from solution. This allowed comparing the ice-releasing performance of rough surfaces with high water contact angles (similar to 150-153 degrees) and different dynamic hydrophobicities and mechanical properties. Artificially created glaze ice, similar to naturally occurring glaze, was accreted on the surfaces by spraying supercooled water microdroplets in a wind tunnel at subzero temperature. The ice adhesion strength was evaluated by spinning the samples in a centrifuge at constantly increasing speeds until ice detachment occurred. The results showed that, after several icing-deicing cycles. the more robust surfaces prepared by etching the aluminum substrate maintained their ice-releasing properties better, compared to their counterparts based on nanoparticle-incorporated fluoropolymer. The effect of the dynamic hydrophobicity of the coatings was also examined, clearly demonstrating that the surface with low dynamic hydrophobicity is not ice-repellent, although it demonstrates large values of water contact angle. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.