title: Durable icephobic coating for stainless steel.
abstract: In this work, we present a modification of a stainless steel surface to impart superhydrophobic properties to it that are robust with respect to mechanical stresses associated with cyclic icing/deicing treatment, as well as to long-term contact with aqueous media and high humidity. The durability of the superhydrophobic state is ensured by the texture with multimodal roughness stable against mechanical stresses and a 2D polymer network of fluorooxysilane chemically bound to the texture elements. The designed superhydrophobic coating is characterized by contact angles exceeding 155° and a maximum rolling angle of 42° after 100 icing/deicing cycles.
authors.affiliation: A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leninsky prospect 31 bld. 4, 119071 Moscow, Russia. boinovich@mail.ru
authors.forename: Ludmila B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Boinovich
authors.forename: Alexandre M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Emelyanenko
authors.forename: Vladimir K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: Andrei S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Pashinin