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Hydrophobic surfaces for control and enhancement of water phase transitions

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Surface wettability has emerged as a powerful tool to influence phase change phenomena such as ice formation and steam condensation. Ice mitigation using passive coatings offers tremendous promise; however, there remain several fundamental, durability- and manufacturing-related challenges that need to be addressed to harness the benefits of these coatings. Challenges limiting industrial utilization of such coatings can be classified into three categories: fundamental (frost buildup, non-zero ice adhesion, bulk ice nucleation, variable icing conditions), durability-related (harsh environment resistance, liquid impact resistance, erosion, fatigue), and manufacturing-related (scalability, coating economics). The role of passive surfaces in enhancing condensation heat transfer is a potential game changer in power plant efficiency enhancement; however, the benefits of such coatings will only be realized when durability and manufacturing challenges have been fully addressed.

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The authors are very thankful to Margaret Blohm, Mohan Manoharan, Kevin McEvoy, Molly Gentleman, Nitin Bhate, Kripa Varanasi, Mike Ostrowski, Sherif Mohammed, and Scott Miller for their assistance in this work and helpful discussions. This work was performed under the support of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Advanced Technology Program, Cooperative Agreement Number 70NANB7H7009, and the GE Advanced Technology Nanotechnology Program.

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  1. GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, USA

    Azar Alizadeh, Vaibhav Bahadur & James A. Ruud

  2. Lifing Lab, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, USA

    Ambarish Kulkarni

  3. Advanced Computing Lab, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, USA

    Masako Yamada

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Alizadeh, A., Bahadur, V., Kulkarni, A. et al. Hydrophobic surfaces for control and enhancement of water phase transitions. MRS Bulletin 38, 407–411 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2013.104

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