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    Facile preparation of a slippery oil-infused polymer surface for robust icephobicity

    Year: 2020

    Journal: Prog. Org. Coat., Volume 148, NOV

    Authors: Zhao Lingru; He Ling; Liang Junyan; Chen Ying; Jia Mengjun; Huang Jizhong

    Organizations: National Key R&D Program of China [2019YFC1520500]; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51873173, 51573145, 51403171]

    Keywords: Porous polymer matrix; Oil infusion; Slippery; Icephobicity; Robustness

    This work concentrated on the fabrication of effective slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPSs) to robustly resist ice adhesion by using facile method and smart composition. Firstly, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane end-functionalized PMMA (POSS-ef-PMMA) and polydimethylsiloxane-blocked PMMA (PDMS-b-PMMA) were synthesized. Secondly, micro-sized pores arranged in a three-layer honeycomb-like array at a thickness of ca. 10 mu m were elicited on each surface of these three cast polymer films by breath-figure (BF) method. After a separate infiltration of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), poly (hydrogenmethylsiloxane) (PHMS) and hexadecane (HD) into the porous matrixes, typical SLIPSs were formed. PDMS-b-PMMA matrix with preferential lipophilicity towards PDMS endowed the obtained SLIPS with better icephobicity. However, HD-induced SLIPSs performed the lowest sliding angles at 6 degrees for 3 mu L of water droplet, the lowest ice adhesional strength ranging from 40.8-46.3 kPa and the most robust anti-icing properties of resisting more than 30 icing/de-icing cycles without changing the ice adhesional strength. Such effective anti-icing performance was ascribed to the better liquid nature of HD in contact with water and the solid nature of HD under freezing condition, which could decrease the interfacial friction and abrasion of HD against water or ice.
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