A low interfacial-toughness self-segregating thermoset for large-scale ice-shedding coating application
Abstract
The accretion of ice is detrimental in numerous domains, and thus, developing ice-release coatings is of great significance. The recent introduction of stress-localized surfaces has opened new prospects in the development of ice-shedding coatings that could lead to more durable materials. However, the different ice-shedding solutions that have been developed so far lack durability or are too complex to be implemented successfully on an industrial scale. Therefore, we here investigate the potential of one-pot self-segregating siloxane-polyurethane (Si-PU) thermosets as durable stress localized surfaces for easy ice-shedding of large-scale icing. In this context, we explore the propensity of self-segregating Si-PU coatings to display surface modulus heterogeneities and the ability of such heterogeneities to initiate and propagate a crack at the ice/coating interface.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
Icing and De-icing Technologies
Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Materials Horizons
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 4360–4370
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN