Ludmila B. Boinovich

TL;DR: Theoretical grounds of the design of hydrophobic materials and coatings and specific features of the super-hydrophobic state of the surface are discussed in this paper, where the possibilities of the formation of various types of ordered textures that ensure high contact angles on the surfaces of the hydrophilic materials and prerequisites for thermodynamic stability of the heterogeneous wetting regime of such surfaces are analysed.

TL;DR: A modification of a stainless steel surface is presented to impart superhydrophobic properties to it that are robust with respect to mechanical stresses associated with cyclic icing/deicing treatment, as well as to long-term contact with aqueous media and high humidity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the advantages of super-hydrophobic coatings as a new method for protection against atmospheric icing are considered and the basic physicochemical mechanisms determining the anti-icing performance of super hydrophobic surfaces and the problems of decreasing the efficiency of super hydrobic materials are analyzed.

TL;DR: It is shown that the surface texturing used to fabricate multimodal roughness of the surface may be simultaneously used for modifying the physicochemical properties of the thick surface layer of the substrate itself.

TL;DR: The combination of superhydrophobic state, nano- and micro features of the hierarchical surface, and the appropriate composition of the surface textured layer allowed us to provide the surface with the outstanding level of resistance of superHydrophobic coatings to external chemical and mechanical impacts.