Smart low interfacial toughness coatings for on-demand de-icing without melting

Removing ice from surfaces typically requires melting. Nonetheless, authors demonstrate a smart low interfacial toughness coating integrated with underlying heaters and ice-detecting microwave sensors that enable energy efficient smart large-scale de-icing without melting.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zahra Azimi Dijvejin, Mandeep Chhajer Jain, Ryan Kozak, Mohammad H. Zarifi, Kevin Golovin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32852-6