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Title: Slippery rough surfaces

Abstract

Substrates having a textured surface that can maintain or improve droplet mobility in both the Cassie and Wenzel states include a textured surface and a conformal lubricant layer thereover. The textured surface can include a plurality of raised first elements and a plurality of second elements thereon and the conformal lubricant layer over the plurality of raised first elements and covering the plurality of second elements. The plurality of raised first elements can have an average height of between 0.5 μm and 500 μm, and the plurality of second elements can have an average height of between 0.01 μm and 10 μm. Such substrates can be prepared by texturing a surface of a substrate with a plurality of raised first elements and a plurality of second elements thereon; optionally silanizing the textured surface and applying a lubricant layer over the plurality of raised first elements and between the plurality of second elements.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1576429
Patent Number(s):
10434542
Application Number:
15/568,639
Assignee:
The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, PA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL B05D - PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B08 - CLEANING B08B - CLEANING IN GENERAL
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0000326; CMMI1351462; DGE1255832; N00014-12-1-0962
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2016 Apr 22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Dai, Xianming, Boschitsch, Birgitt M., Wang, Jing, Wong, Tak -Sing, and Sun, Nan. Slippery rough surfaces. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Dai, Xianming, Boschitsch, Birgitt M., Wang, Jing, Wong, Tak -Sing, & Sun, Nan. Slippery rough surfaces. United States.
Dai, Xianming, Boschitsch, Birgitt M., Wang, Jing, Wong, Tak -Sing, and Sun, Nan. Tue . "Slippery rough surfaces". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1576429.
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abstractNote = {Substrates having a textured surface that can maintain or improve droplet mobility in both the Cassie and Wenzel states include a textured surface and a conformal lubricant layer thereover. The textured surface can include a plurality of raised first elements and a plurality of second elements thereon and the conformal lubricant layer over the plurality of raised first elements and covering the plurality of second elements. The plurality of raised first elements can have an average height of between 0.5 μm and 500 μm, and the plurality of second elements can have an average height of between 0.01 μm and 10 μm. Such substrates can be prepared by texturing a surface of a substrate with a plurality of raised first elements and a plurality of second elements thereon; optionally silanizing the textured surface and applying a lubricant layer over the plurality of raised first elements and between the plurality of second elements.},
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Superhydrophobic Films
patent-application, May 2012


Articles and Methods for Modifying Condensation on Surfaces
patent-application, August 2013


Multi-Scale, Multi-Functional Microstructured Material
patent-application, December 2011


Slippery Surfaces with High Pressure Stability, Optical Transparency, and Self Healing Characteristics
patent-application, October 2014