A Super-robust Armoured Superhydrophobic Surface with Excellent Anti-icing Ability

It has been proved that the construction of interconnected armour on superhydrophobic surface could significantly enhance the mechanical robustness.Here,a new kind of armour with frame/protrusion hybrid structure was achieved by nanosecond laser technology.Then,this armoured superhydrophobic surface demonstrated excellent durability,which could withstand linear abrasion(~3 N press)800 cycles,water jet test(1.0 MPa pressure)40 times and 100℃treatment 18 days.Particularly,the armoured superhydrophobic sample shows outstanding anti-icing ability,which can speed up the supercooled water dropping(no adhesion within 2 h),increase the freezing delay time by~3 times and maintain low adhesion force(less than 35 kPa)after 30 icing/de-icing cycles.Further finite element analysis and theoretical modeling proved that the developed frame/protuberance hybrid structure could effectively enhance the durability.The relatively low surface accuracy in this study can significantly reduce processing cost,which provides a bright future for the practical application of armour superhydrophobic materials.