Ice build-up on the surface of aircraft can severely impact the performance and safety. Currently, the strategies used to prevent ice build-up, for example de-icing fluids, are expensive and not environmentally-friendly. Surface microstructuring can create icephobic surfaces which reduce the formation and adhesion of ice on aircraft surfaces. Superhydrophobic surface textures which replicate surfaces from nature like the lotus leaf perform well in this way.
In this talk, the use of short and ultrashort pulsed lasers is shown to represent a viable technology to impart alloys commonly used in the aerospace industry with various functions including icephobicity.
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