Simple Approach to Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Al for Practical Antifrosting Application Based on Enhanced Self-propelled Jumping Droplets
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- Title
- Simple Approach to Superhydrophobic Nanostructured Al for Practical Antifrosting Application Based on Enhanced Self-propelled Jumping Droplets
- Authors
- Kim, A; Lee, C; Kim, H; Kim, J
- Date Issued
- 2015-04-08
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Abstract
- Frost formation can cause operational difficulty and efficiency loss for many facilities such as aircraft, wind turbines, and outdoor heat exchangers. Self-propelled jumping by condensate droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces delays frost formation, so many attempts have been made to exploit this phenomenon. However, practical application of this phenomenon is currently unfeasible because many processes to fabricate the superhydrophobic surfaces are inefficient and because self-propelled jumping is difficult to be achieved in a humid and low-temperature environment because superhydrophobicity is degraded in these conditions. Here, we achieved significantly effective anti-icing superhydrophobic aluminum. Its extremely low adhesive properties allow self-propelled jumping under highly supersaturated conditions of high humidity or low surface temperature. As a result, this surface helps retard frost formation at that condition. The aluminum was made superhydrophobic by a simple and cost-effective process that is adaptable to any shape. Therefore, it has promise for use in practical and industrial applications.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/26892
- DOI
- 10.1021/ACSAMI.5B00292
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, vol. 7, no. 13, page. 7206 - 7213, 2015-04-08
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