https://www.selleckchem.com/products/triparanol-mer-29.html By combining the advantages of the mechanical durability of porous Ni skeleton and the icephobicity of PDMS matrix, the Ni foam/PDMS two-phase layer demonstrates great potentials for ice protection with long-term service time. Good icephobicity and mechanical durability have been verified. Under external force, micro-cracks could easily initiate at the ice/solid interface due to the small surface cavities and the difference of local elastic modulus between the ice and PDMS, which would promote the ice fracture and thus lead to low ice adhesion strength. The surface morphology and icephobicity almost remain unchanged after water-sand erosion, showing greatly improved mechanical durability. By combining the advantages of the mechanical durability of porous Ni skeleton and the icephobicity of PDMS matrix, the Ni foam/PDMS two-phase layer demonstrates great potentials for ice protection with long-term service time.The main technical challenge for the electrolytic production of hydrogen via water splitting lies in realizing a very stable material that effectively oxidizes water under low overpotential (η). Of all materials, metal oxides hold the greatest promise due to their inherited chemical stability in aqueous solutions; however, electrolytic effectiveness in water oxidation reactions (OERs) is limited to precious metals. In this study, we designed metal oxide/metal oxide (MO/MO) nanoparticle heterointerfaces to offer more active sites and enhance the overall performance of the OER. To demonstrate this improvement, we synthesized and characterized CeO2/Co3O4, CeO2/CuO, and CeO2/NiO nanoparticles. In these structures, onset potential and photoactivity were significantly improved relative to a single MO. A cathodic shift of onset potential as high as ~0.4 or 0.3 V was recorded for CeO2/Co3O4 relative to CeO2 or Co3O4, respectively. This improvement was further investigated using density functional theory calcu