Articles

Advances in Hybrid Icing and Frosting Protection Strategies for Optics, Lens, and Photonics in Cold Environments Using Thin-Film Acoustic Waves

Hui Ling Ong, Zhangbin Ji, Luke Haworth, Yihao Guo, Jaime del Moral, Stefan Jacob, Ana Borras, Agustin R. Gonzalez-Elipe, Jikai Zhang, Jian Zhou, Glen McHale, Yong-Qing Fu

Advanced Engineering Materials, 2402139

DOI: 10.1002/adem.202402139

Mechanisms of de-icing by surface Rayleigh and plate Lamb acoustic waves

Shilpi Pandey, Jaime del Moral, Stefan Jacob, Laura Montes, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Alejandro Frechilla, Atefeh Karimzadeh, Victor J. Rico, Raul Kantar, Niklas Kandelin, Carmen López Santos, Heli Koivuluoto, Luis Angurel, Andreas Winkler, Ana Borrás, Agustin R. GonzálezElipe

Advanced Engineering Materials, 2401820

DOI: 10.1002/adem.202401820

A Practical Approach for Determination of Thermal Stress and Temperature-Dependent Material Properties in Multilayered Thin Films

Yanqiao Yang, Andreas Winkler, and Atefeh Karimzadeh

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 31729−31737

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c03166

Nucleation and growth of plasma sputtered silver nanoparticles under acoustic wave activation

Helene Reichel, Aurelio García-Valenzuela, José Andrés Espino-Román, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Guillermo Fernando Regodón, Víctor Rico-Gavira, Ana Borrás, Ana Gómez-Ramírez, Alberto Palmero, Agustín R. González-Elipe, Manuel Oliva-Ramírez

Applied Surface Science

Volume 669, 1 October 2024, 160566

DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.160566

Breaking the ice with smart vibrations: Detecting ice formation and removing ice layers using microacoustic waves

Ana Borrás, Armaghan Fakhfouri, Paloma Garcia-Gallego, Miguel Gonzalez del Val, Agustin R. González-Elipe, Pablo Francisco Ibanez-Ibanez, Stefan Jacob, Atefeh Karimzadeharani, Kiana Khodakarami, Carmen Lopez-Santos, Siegfried Menzel, Laura Montes, Julio Mora, Jaime de Moral, Manuel Oliva-Ramirez, Shilpi Pandey, Victor Joaquin Rico-Gavira, Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Valverde, Jonas Rose, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Hagen Schmidt, Philipp Schulmeyer, Soheylasadat Siadatjaromy, Manfred Weihnacht, Uhland Weißker, and Andreas Winkler

Research Area 4: Sustainable Materials and Technologies.

Annual Report IFW Dresden 2023 [P. 64-67]

Harnessing a Vibroacoustic Mode for Enabling Smart Functions on Surface Acoustic Wave Devices -- Application to Icing Monitoring and Deicing

Atefeh Karimzadeh, Uhland Weissker, Jaime del Moral, Andreas Winkler, Ana Borrás, Agustin R. González-Elipe, Stefan Jacob

Advanced Materials Technology, Volume9, Issue8 April 18, 2024 2301749

DOI: 10.1002/admt.202301749

Tailoring the Nucleation and Growth of Silver Nanoparticles by Sputtering Deposition under Acoustic Wave Activation. Assessment of Plasma Conditions and 2D Patterning Phenomena

Helene Reichel, Aurelio García-Valenzuela, José Andrés Espino-Román, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Guillermo Fernando Regodón , Víctor Rico-Gavira, Ana Borrás, Ana Gómez-Ramírez , Alberto Palmero , Agustín R. González-Elipe , Manuel Oliva Ramírez

arXiv:2403.03553 [physics.app-ph]

DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2403.03553

Long-Lasting Low Fluorinated Stainless Steel Hierarchical Surfaces for Omniphobic, Anti-Fouling and Anti-Icing applications

Laura Montes, Victor Rico, Fernando Nuñez-Galvez, Mª Ángeles Arenas, Ana Conde del Campo, Victor Lopez-Flores, Juan Pedro Espinós, Ana Borrás, Agustín R. González-Elipe, Carmen López-Santos 

Surfaces and Interfaces Volume 46, March 2024, 104167

DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2024.104167

Novel Numerical Method for Studying Water Freezing on Surfaces Texturized by Laser

Samih Haj Ibrahim, Tomasz Wejrzanowski, Christian W. Karl, Espen Sagvolden, Jakub Karwaszewski, Monika Pilz, Bartłomiej Przybyszewski and Rafał Kozera, Laura Montes, Victor Rico, Fernando Nuñez-Galvez, Mª Ángeles Arenas, Ana Conde del Campo, Victor Lopez-Flores, Juan Pedro Espinós, Ana Borrás, Agustín R. González-Elipe, Carmen López-Santos 

Coatings 2023, 13(6), 991; 

DOI: 10.3390/coatings13060991

Surface Acoustic Waves Equip Materials with Active De-Icing Functionality: Unraveled Glaze Ice De-Icing Mechanisms and Application to Centimeter-Scale Transparent Surfaces

Stefan Jacob, Shilpi Pandey, Jaime Del Moral, Atefeh Karimzadeh, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Agustín R. González-Elipe, Ana Borrás, Andreas Winkler

Advanced Materials Technologies May 2023, 2300263

DOI: 10.1002/admt.202300263

Spherosilicate-modified epoxy coatings with enhanced icephobic properties for wind turbines applications

Rafał Kozera, Katarzyna Ziętkowska, Bartłomiej Przybyszewski, Anna Boczkowska, Bogna Sztorch , Daria Pakuła , Robert E. Przekop , Jakub Trzciński , Ana Borras

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects Open Access.

Volume 67920 December 2023 Article number 132475

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.132475

Could Superhydrophobic Surfaces be a Realistic Solution for Running-Wet Areas?

Mora, J., García, P., Carreño, F., Montes, L., López-Santos, C., Rico, V., Borras, A., Redondo, F., González-Elipe, A. & Agüero, A. (2023).

https://doi.org/10.4271/2023-01-1446

No. 2023-01-1446). SAE Technical Paper

Paper Low temperature nucleation of thermochromic VO2 crystal domains in nanocolumnar porous thin films

A M Alcaide, G Regodon, F J Ferrer, V Rico, R Alvarez, T C Rojas, A R González-Elipe and A Palmero Citation A M Alcaide et al 2023 Nanotechnology 34 255702 DOI 

Nanotechnology, Volume 34, Number 25

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acc664

Setting a comprehensive strategy to face the runback icing phenomena

Julio Mora, Paloma García, Francisco Carreño, Miguel González, Marcos Gutiérrez, Laura Montes, Victor Rico Gavira, Carmen López-Santos, Adrián Vicente, Pedro Rivero, Rafael Rodríguez, Silvia Larumbe, Carolina Acosta, Pablo Ibáñez-Ibáñez, Alessandro Corozzi, Mariarosa Raimondo, Rafal Kozera, Bartlomiej Przybyszewski, Agustín R. González-Elipe, Ana Borrás, Alina Agüero a

Surface and Coatings Technology July 2023, 465, 129585

DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.129585

Exalted dual-scale surface roughening in laser ablated aluminum capped with a transparent thin film: Wetting and anti-icing behavior

Ismail Ghemras, Laura Montes, Carmen Lopez-Santos, Agustin R. González-Elipe, Victor Rico

Applied Surface Science April 2023, 157357

DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157357

Growth dynamics of nanocolumnar thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering at oblique angles

R Alvarez, A Garcia-Valenzuela, G Regodon, F J Ferrer, V Rico, J M Garcia-Martin, A R Gonzalez-Elipe and A Palmero

Nanotechnology Open Access Volume 35, Issue 926 February 2024 Article number 095705

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad113d

Atomic scale modeling of water and ice behavior on vibrating surfaces: towards design of Surface Acoustic Wave anti-icing and de-icing systems

Tomasz Wejrzanowski, Stefan Jacob, Andreas Winkler, Agustín R. González-Elipe,  Ana Borrás

arXiv:2212.10984 [physics.app-ph]

DOI: 10.1039/x0xx00000x

A Holistic Solution to Icing by Acoustic Waves: De-Icing, Active Anti-Icing, Sensing with Piezoelectric Crystals, and Synergy with Thin Film Passive Anti-Icing Solutions

Jaime del Moral, Laura Montes, Victor Joaquin Rico-Gavira, Carmen López-Santos, Stefan Jacob, Manuel Oliva-Ramirez, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Armaghan Fakhfouri, Shilpi Pandey, Miguel Gonzalez del Val, Julio Mora, Paloma García-Gallego, Pablo Francisco Ibáñez-Ibáñez, Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Valverde, Andreas Winkler, Ana Borrás, Agustin Rodriguez González-Elipe

Advanced Functional Materials,  2023, 2209421

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202209421

Use of Green Fs Lasers to Generate a Superhydrophobic Behavior in the Surface of Wind Turbine Blades

Joaquín Rivera-Sahún, Luis Porta-Velilla, Germán F. de la Fuente and Luis A. Angurel

Polymers  2022, 14 (24)

5554

DOI: 10.3390/polym14245554

Compositional gradients at the nanoscale in substoichiometric thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering at oblique angles: A case study on SiOx thin films

Aurelio Garcia-Valenzuela, Antonio M. Alcaide, Victor Rico, Francisco J. Ferrer, German Alcala, Teresa C. Rojas, Rafael Alvarez, Agustin R. Gonzalez-Elipe, Alberto Palmero

Plasma Processes and Polymers 19(1): 2100116 (2022)

DOI: 10.1002/ppap.202100116

Patterning and control of the nanostructure in plasma thin films with acoustic waves: mechanical vs. electrical polarization effects

Aurelio Garcia-Valenzuela, Antonio M. Alcaide, Victor Rico, Francisco J. Ferrer, German Alcala, Teresa C. Rojas, Rafael Alvarez, Agustin R. Gonzalez-Elipe, Alberto Palmero

Material Horizons, 2021,8, 515-524

DOI: 10.1039/D0MH01540G

Electron beam evaporated vs. magnetron sputtered nanocolumnar porous stainless steel: Corrosion resistance, wetting behavior and anti-bacterial activity

Stefania Bobaru, VíctorRico-Gavira, Aurelio García-Valenzuela, Carmen López-Santos, Agustín R.González-Elipe

Materials Today Communications  31 (2022)

103266

DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103266

Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Nucleation Site Density and Heat Transfer During Dropwise Condensation on Thin Hydrophobic Coatings

Sablowski, Jakob , Galle, Lydia , Grothe, Julia , Roudini, Mehrzad , Winkler, Andreas , Unz, Simon , Beckmann, Michael

 Journal of Heat Transfer, 2022 (144 ),006, 61601-1

DOI: 10.1115/1.4053922

Structure and Void Connectivity in Nanocolumnar Thin Films Grown by Magnetron Sputtering at Oblique Angles

Rafael Alvarez, Guillermo Regodon, Hiedra Acosta-Rivera, Victor Rico, German Alcala, Agustín R. González-Elipe, Alberto Palmero

Coatings 2023, 13(6), 991

DOI: 10.3390/coatings13060991

 

Thin film nanostructuring at oblique angles by substrate patterning

S. Muñoz-Piña, A.M. Alcaide, B. Limones-Ahijón, M. Oliva-Ramírez, V. Rico, G. Alcalá, M.U. González, J.M. García-Martín, R. Alvarez, D. Wang , P. Schaaf, A.R. González-Elipe, A. Palmero

Surface and Coatings Technology, 2022, 436, 128293

DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2022.128293

Coarse-grained approach to amorphous and anisotropic materials in kinetic Monte Carlo thin-film growth simulations: A case study of TiO2 and ZnO by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

Jorge Budagosky, Xabier García-Casas, Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Ángel Barranco, Ana Borrás

Plasma Processes and Polymers 19 (2022) 2270008

DOI: 10.1002/ppap.202270008ed 

Plasma-Assisted Deposition of TiO2 3D Nanomembranes: Selective Wetting, Superomniphobicity, and Self-Cleaning

Laura Montes, Jose M. Román, Xabier García-Casas, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Ángel Barranco, Carmen López-Santos, Ana Borrás

Cover of Advanced Materials Interfaces 8 (21), 2100767

DOI: doi.org/10.1002/admi.202170122

A Wind Tunnel Experimental Study of Icing on NACA0012 Aircraft Airfoil with Silicon Compounds Modified Polyurethane Coatings

Bartlomiej Przybyszewski, Rafal Kozera, Zuzanna D. Krawczyk, Anna Boczkowska, Ali Dolatabadi, Adham Amer, Bogna Sztorch and Robert E. Przekop

Materials 2021, 14(19), 5687

DOI: 10.3390/ma14195687

Hydrophobic and Anti-Icing Behavior of UV-Laser-Treated Polyester Resin-Based Gelcoats

Rafał Kozera, Bartłomiej Przybyszewski, Zuzanna D. Krawczyk, Anna Boczkowska, Bogna Sztorch, Robert E. Przekop, Robert Barbucha, Mateusz Tański, Xabier Garcia-Casas, and Ana Borras

Processes 2020, 8(12), 1642

DOI: 10.3390/pr8121642

Mechanically Switchable Wetting Petal Effect in Self-Patterned Nanocolumnar Films on Poly (dimethylsiloxane)

Julian Parra-Barranco, Carmen Lopez-Santos, Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Ana Borras, Agustin R. Gonzalez-Elipe, and Angel Barranco

Nanomaterials 2021, 11(10), 2566

DOI: 10.3390/nano11102566

Doctoral Thesis from ICMSE- Montes-Montañez, Laura (2025)

Doctoral Thesis from ICMSE- Montes-Montañez, Laura (2025)Development of omniphobic and anti-icing coatings as supported nanomaterials and their implementation as functional layers in active de-icing devices Author: Laura Montes Montañez Supervisors:  Carmen López...

Bachelor thesis: The effect of laser surface texturization on the hydro- and icephobic properties of transparent oxide coatings

Bachelor's Thesis from TECPAR- Malinowska, Gabriela (2024) The effect of laser surface texturization on the hydro- and ice phobic properties of transparent oxide coatings Author: Gabriela Malinowska Promotor:  Bartlomiej Przybyszewski Institution: Warsaw University of...

Master’s Thesis from TAU: Development of multifunctional thermally sprayed coatings – Combined functions of icephobicity and piezoelectricity

Master's Thesis from TAU- Helmi, Eero (2024)Atmospheric icing is detrimental to a multitude of industrial sectors, decreasing the efficiency and lifetime of many man-made structures. The current solutions for these issues range from active anti-icing and de-icing...