Topography-patterned aluminum surfaces enable advancements in self-cleaning, anti-icing, and electronics cooling

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1070603

"scalable, enhances liquid transport properties... cost-effective vinyl masking (produces surfaces with high-resolution wettability contrast, improved phase-change heat transfer) lacquer resin, physical/ chemical surface treatments create patterned aluminum surfaces... improved droplet shedding during condensation... wettability behaviors from superhydrophobic to hydrophilic... fine-tunes condensation heat transfer... intricate patterns on larger surfaces... industrial applications, data servers,condensers, heat exchangers"