Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(31)
Published: May 27, 2024
Abstract
Water
is
the
source
of
life
and
civilization,
but
water
icing
causes
catastrophic
damage
to
human
diverse
industrial
processes.
Currently,
superhydrophobic
surfaces
(inspired
by
lotus
effect)
aided
anti‐icing
attracts
intensive
attention
due
their
energy‐free
property.
Here,
recent
advances
in
design
functionalization
are
reviewed.
The
mechanisms
advantages
conventional,
macrostructured,
photothermal
introduced
turn.
Conventional
surfaces,
as
well
macrostructured
ones,
easily
lose
icephobic
property
under
extreme
conditions,
while
strongly
rely
on
solar
illumination.
To
address
above
issues,
a
potentially
smart
strategy
found
developing
storage
(MPSS)
which
integrate
functions
materials,
phase
change
materials
(PCMs),
expected
achieve
all‐day
various
fields.
Finally,
latest
achievements
MPSS
showcasing
immense
potential,
highlighted.
Besides,
perspectives
future
development
provided
problems
that
need
be
solved
practical
applications
proposed.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
33(10)
Published: Jan. 15, 2023
Abstract
Personal
protection
is
critical
for
firefighters
to
ensure
their
safety
in
an
extreme
fire
environment.
However,
conventional
firefighter
uniforms
tend
focus
on
thermal
and
have
the
bottleneck
of
lacking
personal
management.
The
heat
stress
caused
by
poor
management
inevitably
detriments
human
body
health.
Here,
a
hump‐inspired
hierarchical
fabric
(HHF)
composed
insulation
structure
directional
water
transport
demonstrated
comfort
results
show
that
HHF
exhibits
enhanced
ability
endows
continuous
one‐way
liquid
flow
through
distributed
sweat‐wicking
channels.
Compared
uniform
fabrics,
shows
simultaneously
low
conductivity
(0.0192
W
m
−1
K
)
cross‐plane
direction
high
breathability
moisture
permeability.
It
observed
temperature
relative
humidity
simulated
skin
covered‐HHF
at
condition
(≈80
°C)
are
≈20.6
°C
≈13.6%
lower
than
uniforms.
expected
with
exceptional
performance
can
make
significant
impact
future
development
advanced
firefighters.
SusMat,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
3(4), P. 510 - 521
Published: July 23, 2023
Abstract
In
response
to
global
energy
scarcity,
frontiers
in
multifunctional
composite
phase
change
materials
(PCMs)
with
photo‐/electro‐/magnetothermal
triggers
show
great
potential
multiple
utilization.
However,
most
available
PCM
candidates
are
inadequate
for
storage
applications
simultaneously.
Herein,
a
green
synthetic
route
is
proposed
develop
bimetallic
zeolitic
imidazolate
framework
(ZIF)‐derived
1D–2D
bridged
array
carbon‐based
PCMs
simultaneous
applications.
As
graphitization‐induced
catalyst,
Co
nanoparticles
greatly
boost
the
formation
of
ZIF‐derived
carbon
high
graphitization
and
low
interface
electrical/thermal
resistance.
Benefiting
from
broadband
intense
photon
capture,
fast
photon/electron/phonon
transport,
surface
plasma
resonance
effect
nanoparticles,
resulting
integrate
advanced
photo‐,
electro‐,
magnetothermal
functions.
Furthermore,
also
exhibit
long‐lasting
shape
stability,
structural
thermal
stability
after
undergoing
heating–cooling
cycles.
This
study
promising
accelerate
major
breakthroughs
toward
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(31)
Published: May 27, 2024
Abstract
Water
is
the
source
of
life
and
civilization,
but
water
icing
causes
catastrophic
damage
to
human
diverse
industrial
processes.
Currently,
superhydrophobic
surfaces
(inspired
by
lotus
effect)
aided
anti‐icing
attracts
intensive
attention
due
their
energy‐free
property.
Here,
recent
advances
in
design
functionalization
are
reviewed.
The
mechanisms
advantages
conventional,
macrostructured,
photothermal
introduced
turn.
Conventional
surfaces,
as
well
macrostructured
ones,
easily
lose
icephobic
property
under
extreme
conditions,
while
strongly
rely
on
solar
illumination.
To
address
above
issues,
a
potentially
smart
strategy
found
developing
storage
(MPSS)
which
integrate
functions
materials,
phase
change
materials
(PCMs),
expected
achieve
all‐day
various
fields.
Finally,
latest
achievements
MPSS
showcasing
immense
potential,
highlighted.
Besides,
perspectives
future
development
provided
problems
that
need
be
solved
practical
applications
proposed.
