When SLIPS meets TIPS: An endogenous lubricant-infused surface by taking the diluent as the lubricant

•The structure is grown from the lubricant in the “endogenous SLIPS”.•Caprylyl methicone serves as both the diluent and the lubricant.•The coatings exhibit extremely low water sliding angles and ice adhesion. Slippery lubricant-infused porous surfaces (SLIPSs) hold great promise in fields requiring...

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Published in:Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) Switzerland : 1996), 2021-12, Vol.425 (C), p.130600, Article 130600
Main Authors: Liang, Ze-Hui, Wu, Shao-Lin, Liu, Chang, Yang, Hao-Cheng, Darling, Seth B., Xu, Zhi-Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
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Anti-icing
Low adhesion
Phase separation
Slippery lubricant-infused porous surface
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Summary:•The structure is grown from the lubricant in the “endogenous SLIPS”.•Caprylyl methicone serves as both the diluent and the lubricant.•The coatings exhibit extremely low water sliding angles and ice adhesion. Slippery lubricant-infused porous surfaces (SLIPSs) hold great promise in fields requiring adhesion resistance such as self-cleaning, anti-fouling, anti-icing, and anti-scaling. However, their road to practical application is still blocked by the complicated fabrication process and the restricted coating area. To address these challenges, we propose a new concept of endogenous SLIPS in which the porous structure grows from the solution coating of polypropylene/caprylyl methicone undergoing a thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) process. Caprylyl methicone serves as the diluent during TIPS as well as the lubricant in the SLIPS so that the coating can be fabricated in one step and unrestrictedly. The dissolution and phase separation mechanisms have been revealed by molecular dynamic simulation and in situ microscopic observation. Such SLIPSs exhibit impressive sliding property even for sticky and viscous liquids and exhibit extremely low ice adhesion in anti-icing tests.
ISSN:1385-8947
1873-3212
DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2021.130600