Oil-Impregnated Hydrocarbon-Based Polymer Films

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dc.contributor.authorMukherjee, Raniten
dc.contributor.authorHabibi, Mohammaden
dc.contributor.authorRashed, Ziad T.en
dc.contributor.authorBerbert, Otacilioen
dc.contributor.authorShi, Xiangkeen
dc.contributor.authorBoreyko, Jonathan B.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiomedical Engineering and Mechanicsen
dc.contributor.departmentMacromolecules Innovation Instituteen
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-11T17:55:43Zen
dc.date.available2018-12-11T17:55:43Zen
dc.date.issued2018-08-03en
dc.description.abstractPorous surfaces impregnated with a liquid lubricant exhibit minimal contact angle hysteresis with immiscible test liquids, rendering them ideal as self-cleaning materials. Rather than roughening a solid substrate, an increasingly popular choice is to use an absorbent polymer as the "porous" material. However, to date the polymer choices have been limited to expensive silicone-based polymers or complex assemblies of polymer multilayers on functionalized surfaces. In this paper, we show that hydrocarbon-based polymer films such as polyethylene can be stably impregnated with chemically compatible vegetable oils, without requiring any surface treatment. These oil-impregnated hydrocarbon-based films exhibit minimal contact angle hysteresis for a wide variety of test products including water, ketchup, and yogurt. Our oil-impregnated films remain slippery even after several weeks of being submerged in ketchup, illustrating their extreme durability. We expect that the simple and cost-effective nature of our slippery hydrocarbon-based films will make them useful for industrial packaging applications.en
dc.description.notesThis work was supported by Bemis Company, Inc. We thank Dr. Kristi DeCourcy for technical assistance with the confocal microscopy and Prof. Robert Moore for fruitful discussions.en
dc.description.sponsorshipBemis Company, Inc.en
dc.format.extent13 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29823-7en
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322en
dc.identifier.other11698en
dc.identifier.pmid30076322en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/86343en
dc.identifier.volume8en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectlubricant-infused surfacesen
dc.subjectslippery surfacesen
dc.subjecttunable transparencyen
dc.subjectdrag reductionen
dc.subjectviscous-fluiden
dc.subjectheat-transferen
dc.subjectcondensationen
dc.subjectcoatingsen
dc.subjectPerformanceen
dc.subjectdynamicsen
dc.titleOil-Impregnated Hydrocarbon-Based Polymer Filmsen
dc.title.serialScientific Reportsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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