화학공학소재연구정보센터
Langmuir, Vol.36, No.19, 5106-5111, 2020
Suppressing Evaporative Loss in Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces (SLIPS) with Self-Suspended Perfluorinated Nanoparticles
This article describes an approach to resolving the issue of evaporative loss from slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS). Hydrophobic and oleophobic fluids with significantly reduced evaporative loss rates at temperatures of up to 90 degrees C were obtained by the one-step mixing of commercially available perfluorinated lubricants with colloidal nanoparticles to form self-suspended nanoparticle fluids (i.e., suspensions nearly devoid of solvent). No evaporative loss was detected at temperatures of as high as 50 degrees C for over 3 months. Furthermore, the approach allows us to combine the function of the nanoparticles with the slippery characteristic of SLIPS.