Magnetic slippery extreme icephobic surfaces

Peyman Irajizad; Munib Hasnain; Nazanin Farokhnia; Seyed Mohammad Sajadi; Hadi Ghasemi

doi:10.1038/ncomms13395

Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Magnetic slippery extreme icephobic surfaces

Peyman Irajizad,
Munib Hasnain,
Nazanin Farokhnia,
Seyed Mohammad Sajadi,
Hadi Ghasemi

Affiliations

Peyman Irajizad: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
Munib Hasnain: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
Nazanin Farokhnia: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
Seyed Mohammad Sajadi: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
Hadi Ghasemi: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13395
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Anti-icing surfaces are useful in our daily life, but creation of these surfaces at low temperatures remains challenging due to the onset of heterogeneous nucleation. Irajizad et al. show a surface design using magnetic fluid that lowers the freezing temperature to −34 °C and ice adhesion strength to 2 Pa.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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