A particular issue associated with sea ice and snow, and other porous material with reactive chemistry, is that the chemical composition of the water changes over time and also changes the freezing ...

Published in Nature Chemical Engineering as the cover feature for its last December issue, the research project "Freezing droplet ejection by spring-like elastic pillars" is led by Prof.

Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have invented a self-powered mechanism of freezing droplet ejection that allows droplets to shoot themselves away, paving the way for ...