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Lubricant infused surfaces

US11098261B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

Evelyn N. Wang · Cambridge, US
Daniel Preston · Elmont, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 16, 2018
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC10N2050/08
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Lubricant infused surfaces (LIS) can be uncoated high-surface-energy solids, thereby eliminating the need for unreliable low-surface-energy coatings and resulting in LIS repelling the lowest surface tension impinging fluid (butane, γ≈13 mN/m) reported to date.

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