A multifunctional surface with snow, ice, and water prevention: Unveiling broad application potential for complex outdoor environments

Zhen Yu; Ningning Cao; Yu Han; Qingkai Chen; Yang Li

doi:10.1016/j.matt.2025.102222

A multifunctional surface with snow, ice, and water prevention: Unveiling broad application potential for complex outdoor environments

Zhen Yu
, Ningning Cao^*
, Yu Han
, Qingkai Chen
, Yang Li^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Snow and ice accumulation pose great threats to the reliability and safety of outdoor infrastructures—ranging from photovoltaic solar panels and wind turbine blades to power transmission lines and load-bearing bridge cables. While passive anti-icing technologies have progressed, achieving efficient snow-shedding remains a formidable challenge. Here, we highlight a recent materials breakthrough in surmounting this longstanding conundrum made by Yuan and colleagues, who simultaneously minimized van der Waals forces, capillary adhesion, and mechanical interlocking at the snow-substrate interface. © 2025 Elsevier Inc.

Original language	English
Article number	102222
Number of pages	3
Journal	Matter
Volume	8
Issue number	8
Online published	6 Aug 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2025.102222
Publication status	Published - 6 Aug 2025

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This work is jointly supported by the Jiangsu Funding Program for Excellent Postdoctoral Talent (no. 2023ZB732), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 52375581)1 and the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (no. LR25E050001).

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