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Symposium: S17 - Special: CREPEC Student Symposium
Poster Presentation
 
 

Aqueous self-lubricating icephobic coatings inspired by ice skating

Shamshiri Mohammadreza (1)*, Jafari Reza (1), Momen Gelareh (1)

(1) UQAC - Quebec - Canada

Various methods have been developed to reduce icing-related risks. These approaches can be classified as either active or passive methods. In contrast to active methods, passive methods rely on engineered surfaces, such as coatings. In this paper, the aqueous self-lubricating coatings have been fabricated by blending two types of PEG-PDMS copolymer in PDMS matrix, and the effect of change in copolymer content on wettability and icephobic characteristics of coating has been studied. Not only the type of the functional group on copolymer, but also, the copolymer content in the matrix can affect surface wettability. Variation in copolymer content can be along with positive effects on icephobic characteristics of the fabricated coatings. Indeed, the increase in PEG-PDMS content can enhance the formation of hydrogen bands between the coatings and water molecules, and probably, modifying the liquid like layer. The effect of change in PEG-PDMS content on ice adhesion strength has been also evaluated using the push-off test and centrifugal test. Generally, increase in copolymer content can reduce ice adhesion strength. However, excessive amount of the copolymer in the coating can result in saturation of coating with copolymer, and increase in surface roughness. As such, the ice adhesion strength would increase owing to probable mechanical interlocking effect.