Durable superhydrophobic coating cured at room temperature via moisture for anti-icing

Feng Liu; Junfei Ou; Sheng Liu; Aumber Abbas; Yating Hu; Fajun Wang; Xinzuo Fang; Seyed Farshid Chini; Alidad Amirfazli

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2025.139410

Durable superhydrophobic coating cured at room temperature via moisture for anti-icing

Feng Liu
, Junfei Ou^*
, Sheng Liu
, Aumber Abbas
, Yating Hu
, Fajun Wang
, Xinzuo Fang
, Seyed Farshid Chini
, Alidad Amirfazli

^*Corresponding author for this work

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen Technologies and Carbon Management

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Abstract

A room-temperature-cured, single-component superhydrophobic coating was developed using moisture-cured silicone resin and silicon oxide nanoparticles. The spray-applied coating dries within 1 h at 15 °C and 60 % RH, achieving a contact angle of 167° and roll angle of 1.5°, with hardness reaching 4H and adhesion of 4B after 4 h. It maintains a contact angle of ∼ 150° after eight water impact cycles and exhibits comparable durability. Adding carbon black enables photothermal anti-icing properties.

Original language	English
Article number	139410
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	403
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2025.139410
State	Published - 15 Jan 2026

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Keywords

Anti-icing
Silica particles
Silicone resin
Superhydrophobic

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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Durable superhydrophobic coating cured at room temperature via moisture for anti-icing

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