Maybe it could be combined with this technique so the aircraft body can be laser-etched for both colour and anti-icing: https://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?

Maybe it could be combined with this technique so the aircraft body can be laser-etched for both colour and anti-icing: https://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3106 https://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3106