公开(公告)号：US20180327608A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US15973193

申请日：2018-05-07

Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College

Inventor： Joanna AIZENBERG ,  Michael AIZENBERG ,  Jiaxi CUI ,  Stuart DUNN ,  Benjamin HATTON ,  Caitlin HOWELL ,  Philseok KIM ,  Tak Sing WONG ,  Xi YAO

IPC: C09D5/16 ,  C09D201/00 ,  A61L29/08 ,  C10M171/00 ,  C10M105/76 ,  B08B17/06 ,  B08B17/02 ,  B01D65/08

CPC classification number: C09D5/1637 ,  A61L29/085 ,  A61L29/14 ,  A61L31/04 ,  A61L31/049 ,  A61L31/06 ,  A61L31/14 ,  A61L2400/10 ,  B01D65/08 ,  B01D2321/00 ,  B05D5/08 ,  B08B17/025 ,  B08B17/065 ,  C08J2300/00 ,  C09D5/1675 ,  C09D5/1693 ,  C09D201/005 ,  C10M105/76 ,  C10M171/00 ,  C10M2203/1006 ,  C10M2229/025 ,  C10M2229/0515 ,  C10N2250/18 ,  C10N2270/00 ,  C08L83/04

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.