Contamination Mitigating Polymeric Coatings for Extreme Environments

Aerospace and Marine Environments as Design Spaces for Contamination-Mitigating Polymeric Coatings.- Part I. Application of Biomimetics to Contamination-Mitigating Coatings.- Influence of Topography on Adhesion and Bioadhesion.- Part II. Ice Contamination-Mitigating Coatings.- Use of Liquid Ad(ab)sorbing Surfaces for Anti-icing Applications.- Ice Adhesion on Superhydrophobic Coatings in an Icing Wind Tunnel.- Icephobicity: Definition and Measurement Regarding Atmospheric Icing.- Development and Testing of Icephobic Materials: Lessons Learned from Fraunhofer IFAM.- Ice Release Coatings of High Durability for Aerospace Applications.- Antifogging and Frost-resisting Polymeric Surfaces.- Part III. Insect Contamination-Mitigation Coatings.- An Overview of Insect Residue Accretion and Mitigation Strategies on Aerodynamic Surfaces.- The Physics of Insect Impact and Residue Expansion.- Laboratory Investigation into Anti-contamination Coatings for Mitigating Insect Contamination with Application to Laminar Flow Technology.- Insect Abatement on Lubricious, Low Adhesion Polymer Coatings Measured with an Insect Impact Testing System.- Requirements, Test Strategies and Evaluation of Anti-contamination and Easy-to-clean Surfaces and New Approaches for Development.- Part IV. Biofouling-Mitigation Coatings.- Candy and Poisons: Fouling Management with Pharmacophore Coatings.- Unique Silicone-epoxy Coatings for both Fouling- and Drag-resistance in Abrasive Environments.