TY - JOUR
T1 - Reduction of Ice Adhesion Using Surface Acoustic Waves
T2 - Nanoscale Vibration and Interface Heating Effects
AU - Zeng, XingChang
AU - Yan, ZeXiang
AU - Lu, YuChao
AU - Fu, Yongqing (Richard)
AU - Lv, XiangLian
AU - Yuan, WeiZheng
AU - He, Yang
N1 - Funding information: We are grateful for the support from the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC Grant Nos. 51875478, 52111530127, 51735011). We thank The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC EP/P018998/1), and International Exchange Grant (IEC/NSFC/201078) through Royal Society and NFSC, EPSRC NetworkPlus in Digitalised Surface Manufacturing EP/S036180/1, and Special Interests Group of Acoustofluidics under the EPSRC-funded UK Fluidic Network (EP/N032861/1), and EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Northeast Universities (ReNU) for funding through grant EP/S023836/1.
PY - 2021/10/12
Y1 - 2021/10/12
N2 - Ice accumulation causes great risks to aircraft, electric power lines, and wind-turbine blades. For the ice accumulation on structural surfaces, ice adhesion force is a crucial factor, which generally has two main sources, for exampple, electrostatic force and mechanical interlocking. Herein, we present that surface acoustic waves (SAWs) can be applied to minimize ice adhesion by simultaneously reducing electrostatic force and mechanical interlocking, and generating interface heating effect. A theoretical model of ice adhesion considering the effect of SAWs is first established. Experimental studies proved that the combination of nanoscale vibration and interface heating effects lead to the reduction of ice adhesion on the substrate. With the increase of SAW power, the electrostatic force decreases due to the increase of dipole spacings, which is mainly attributed to the SAW induced nanoscale surface vibration. The interface heating effect leads to the transition of the locally interfacial contact phase from solid–solid to solid–liquid, hence reducing the mechanical interlocking of ice. This study presents a strategy of using SAWs device for ice adhesion reduction, and results show a considerable potential for application in deicing.
AB - Ice accumulation causes great risks to aircraft, electric power lines, and wind-turbine blades. For the ice accumulation on structural surfaces, ice adhesion force is a crucial factor, which generally has two main sources, for exampple, electrostatic force and mechanical interlocking. Herein, we present that surface acoustic waves (SAWs) can be applied to minimize ice adhesion by simultaneously reducing electrostatic force and mechanical interlocking, and generating interface heating effect. A theoretical model of ice adhesion considering the effect of SAWs is first established. Experimental studies proved that the combination of nanoscale vibration and interface heating effects lead to the reduction of ice adhesion on the substrate. With the increase of SAW power, the electrostatic force decreases due to the increase of dipole spacings, which is mainly attributed to the SAW induced nanoscale surface vibration. The interface heating effect leads to the transition of the locally interfacial contact phase from solid–solid to solid–liquid, hence reducing the mechanical interlocking of ice. This study presents a strategy of using SAWs device for ice adhesion reduction, and results show a considerable potential for application in deicing.
KW - Electrochemistry
KW - Spectroscopy
KW - Surfaces and Interfaces
KW - Condensed Matter Physics
KW - General Materials Science
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117136578&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01852
DO - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01852
M3 - Article
SN - 0743-7463
VL - 37
SP - 11851
EP - 11858
JO - Langmuir
JF - Langmuir
IS - 40
ER -
