How researchers make ice-shedding polymers — ACS meeting news

Описание: C&EN caught up with University of Michigan’s Anish Tuteja at #ACSDC to learn how his team turned hundreds of polymers icephobic. ↓↓More info and references below↓↓

The secret to the Tuteja team’s ice-shedding materials isn’t as chemical as you might think. The researchers found that by focusing on mechanical properties they were able to design a library of icephobic polymers. Of course, the mechanical properties of these polymers are inextricably linked to their underlying chemistry.

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Special thanks to Gabriel Cherry, Robert Coelius, and the University of Michigan press office for sharing footage of Tuteja’s lab and materials. Check out their video about the icephobic materials here:    • Icephobic Coating  

References:
Designing durable icephobic surfaces | Sci. Adv.
http://advances.sciencemag.org/conten...

Frost formation and ice adhesion on superhydrophobic surfaces | Appl. Phys. Lett.
http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1...