Anti-Icing Coatings for Aviation and Renewable Energy
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue “Anti-Icing Coatings for Aviation and Renewable Energy”, which aims to highlight recent advances in the development, characterization, and application of anti-icing and de-icing surface technologies.
In both the aviation and renewable energy sectors, ice accretion presents a significant operational challenge, threatening safety, performance, and structural integrity. Overcoming these challenges requires the design of innovative surface coatings that can passively or actively delay ice nucleation, reduce ice adhesion, or promote rapid ice removal under varying environmental conditions.
This Special Issue seeks contributions that address the fundamental mechanisms, design principles, fabrication strategies, and performance evaluations of anti-icing coatings. Studies employing smart materials, stimuli-responsive surfaces, bioinspired approaches, and additive manufacturing technologies are especially welcome, as are investigations linking surface properties to icing dynamics through theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Superhydrophobic, slippery, or liquid-infused anti-icing surfaces;
- Functional coatings for passive or active de-icing applications;
- Icephobic materials for aircraft, wind turbines, power lines, and photovoltaic panels;
- Surface modification techniques (plasma treatment, laser texturing, sol–gel processing, etc.);
- Durability, reusability, and environmental stability of anti-icing coatings;
- Multiscale characterization of ice adhesion and freezing delay;
- Modeling and simulation of ice formation and detachment on engineered surfaces;
- Integration of anti-icing coatings in real-world operating environments.
This Special Issue provides a platform for materials scientists, surface engineers, and application specialists to share recent progress and future perspectives in this fast-evolving field. We welcome original research articles, reviews, and short communications that contribute to the advancement of anti-icing surface technologies in harsh environments.
We look forward to your valuable contributions.
Dr. Xinshu Zou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anti-icing coatings
- icephobic surfaces
- surface engineering
- renewable energy
- aviation safety
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