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- Title
Design of Metal-Based Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces (SLIPSs) with Effective Liquid Repellency Achieved with a Femtosecond Laser.
- Authors
Fang, Zheng; Cheng, Yang; Yang, Qing; Lu, Yu; Zhang, Chengjun; Li, Minjing; Du, Bing; Hou, Xun; Chen, Feng
- Abstract
Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPSs) have become an effective method to provide materials with sliding performance and, thus, achieve liquid repellency, through the process of infusing lubricants into the microstructure of the surface. However, the construction of microstructures on high-strength metals is still a significant challenge. Herein, we used a femtosecond laser with a temporally shaped Bessel beam to process NiTi alloy, and created uniform porous structures with a microhole diameter of around 4 µm, in order to store and lock lubricant. In addition, as the lubricant is an important factor that can influence the sliding properties, five different lubricants were selected to prepare the SLIPSs, and were further compared in terms of their sliding behavior. The temperature cycle test and the hydraulic pressure test were implemented to characterize the durability of the samples, and different liquids were used to investigate the possible failure under complex fluid conditions. In general, the prepared SLIPSs exhibited superior liquid repellency. We believe that, in combination with a femtosecond laser, slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces are promising for applications in a wide range of areas.
- Subjects
FEMTOSECOND lasers; BESSEL beams; LIQUIDS; COMPLEX fluids; UNIFORM spaces; METAL microstructure; LUBRICATION &; lubricants
- Publication
Micromachines, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 8, p1160
- ISSN
2072-666X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/mi13081160