• Ultra-robust icephobic coatings with high toughness, strong substrate adhesion and self-healing capability 

      Zhuo, Yizhi; Håkonsen, Verner; Liu, Siqi; Li, Tong; Wang, Feng; Luo, Sihai; Xiao, Senbo; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Enabling surfaces with passive anti-icing properties is an emerging, facile, economical, and energy-saving strategy to mitigate the harm caused by ice accretion. However, the combination of icephobicity and robustness still ...
    • Ultrafast self-healing and highly transparent coating with mechanically durable icephobicity 

      Zhuo, Yizhi; Xiao, Senbo; Håkonsen, Verner; Li, Tong; Wang, Feng; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Excessive ice accretion on infrastructures can lead to severe damage and dysfunction. In the context of combating the build-up of unwanted icing and at the same time maintaining sunlight permeation, for instance on solar ...
    • Understanding the role of hollow sub-surface structures in reducing ice adhesion strength 

      He, Zhiwei; Zhuo, Yizhi; Wang, Feng; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The accretion of ice on exposed surfaces infers detrimental effects on many aspects of life and technology. Passive icephobic coatings, designed by strategies towards lowering ice adhesion to mitigate the icing problems, ...
    • Unraveling adhesion strength between gas hydrate and solid surfaces 

      Ma, Rui; Wang, Feng; Chang, Yuanhao; Xiao, Senbo; English, Niall; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Natural gas hydrate is a promising future energy source, but it also poses a huge threat to oil and gas production due to its ability to deposit within and block pipelines. Understanding the atomistic mechanisms of adhesion ...
    • Unravelling the mystery of fish scales in lowering ice adhesion 

      Wang, Feng; Liu, Siqi; Xiao, Senbo; Skallerud, Bjørn Helge; Zhang, Zhiliang; He, Jianying (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      The influence of static surface properties, such as free energy, toughness, and elasticity, on icephobicity has been extensively researched and documented in existing literature. However, there remains a limited understanding ...