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Plant leaves icephobicity
- Source :
- Journal of Coatings Technology and Research. 14:1061-1067
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017.
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Abstract
- Ice adhesion and accumulation are well known to cause serious problems for different structures such as wind turbines, power transmission and distribution systems, and aircraft. Development of coatings that can resist icing can solve many challenges in various areas of industry. This work was inspired by nature and ice resistivity and superhydrophobicity of plants leaves. Kale is a winter plant with superhydrophobic behaviors, which is normally known as an advantage for cleaning the leaves; however, this article reveals that kale leaves have special surface microstructures delaying the ice formation initiation making them good candidates for designing ice-repellent coatings. In-depth experimental analyses, IR thermography, contact angle measurements, and scanning electron microscopy of the leaves were performed to discover how different plants can prevent icing and further find an optimal design for an artificial ice-repellent coating.
- Subjects :
- Ir thermography
Materials science
Ice formation
Nanotechnology
02 engineering and technology
Surfaces and Interfaces
General Chemistry
engineering.material
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Contact angle
Distribution system
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Coating
engineering
Ice adhesion
Icephobicity
Composite material
0210 nano-technology
Icing
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19353804 and 15470091
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Coatings Technology and Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3cfdff0be8e09a8cadb08d0ef3e7df3d