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Title: Slippery self-lubricating polymer surfaces

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a strategy to create self-healing, slippery self-lubricating polymers. Lubricating liquids with affinities to polymers can be utilized to get absorbed within the polymer and form a lubricant layer (of the lubricating liquid) on the polymer. The lubricant layer can repel a wide range of materials, including simple and complex fluids (water, hydrocarbons, crude oil and bodily fluids), restore liquid-repellency after physical damage, and resist ice, microorganisms and insects adhesion. Some exemplary applications where self-lubricating polymers will be useful include energy-efficient, friction-reduction fluid handling and transportation, medical devices, anti-icing, optical sensing, and as self-cleaning, and anti-fouling materials operating in extreme environments.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); US Office of Naval Research (ONR)
OSTI Identifier:
1860114
Patent Number(s):
11186731
Application Number:
15/973,193
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61L - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0000326; N00014-11-1-0641; N66001-11-1-4180
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 05/07/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Aizenberg, Joanna, Aizenberg, Michael, Cui, Jiaxi, Dunn, Stuart, Hatton, Benjamin, Howell, Caitlin, Kim, Philseok, Wong, Tak Sing, and Yao, Xi. Slippery self-lubricating polymer surfaces. United States: N. p., 2021. Web.
Aizenberg, Joanna, Aizenberg, Michael, Cui, Jiaxi, Dunn, Stuart, Hatton, Benjamin, Howell, Caitlin, Kim, Philseok, Wong, Tak Sing, & Yao, Xi. Slippery self-lubricating polymer surfaces. United States.
Aizenberg, Joanna, Aizenberg, Michael, Cui, Jiaxi, Dunn, Stuart, Hatton, Benjamin, Howell, Caitlin, Kim, Philseok, Wong, Tak Sing, and Yao, Xi. Tue . "Slippery self-lubricating polymer surfaces". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1860114.
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