Abstract Ice accretion may cause malfunction or serious performance degradation in outdoor facilities and structures, such as aircraft, ship, locks and dams, offshore platforms, solar panels, wind turbines, power transmission towers and lines, and sports facilities, leading to huge economic loss or even loss of human lives. Icephobic materials, typically applied in the form of coatings, have received growing attention in the last decade. This review focuses on recent research progress in water wetting state, ice nucleation, and ice adhesion from both theoretical and application perspectives. After a short introduction, static and dynamic water wetting behaviors are reviewed, with an emphasis on reducing the water adhesion at low temperatures. Ice nucleation theories have been applied to investigate how the surface texture affects the ice nucleation behavior, which in turn could be used to explain various observed icing delays. Icephobic performance tests at lab scale are then introduced, before several application examples of icephobic materials are illustrated. This review ends up with discussions of some outstanding issues and challenges faced by this research community, keeping in mind the complexity of different environment in which practical applications are taking place.

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疏冰材料：基础、性能评估和应用

摘要 积冰可能导致飞机、船舶、船闸和水坝、海上平台、太阳能电池板、风力发电机、输电塔和线路、体育设施等户外设施和结构发生故障或严重性能下降，造成巨大的经济损失。甚至人命损失。在过去十年中，通常以涂层形式应用的防冰材料受到越来越多的关注。本综述从理论和应用的角度重点介绍了水润湿状态、冰成核和冰附着的最新研究进展。在简短介绍之后，回顾了静态和动态水润湿行为，重点是减少低温下的水粘附。冰成核理论已被应用于研究表面纹理如何影响冰成核行为，这反过来又可用于解释各种观察到的结冰延迟。然后介绍了实验室规模的防冰性能测试，然后说明了几个防冰材料的应用示例。本综述最后讨论了该研究界面临的一些突出问题和挑战，同时牢记实际应用发生的不同环境的复杂性。