The present disclosure describes a strategy to create self-healing, slippery self-lubricating polymers. Lubricating liquids with affinities to polymers can be utilized to get absorbed within the polymer and form a lubricant layer (of the lubricating liquid) on the polymer. The lubricant layer can repel a wide range of materials, including simple and complex fluids (water, hydrocarbons, crude oil and bodily fluids), restore liquid-repellency after physical damage, and resist ice, microorganisms and insects adhesion. Some exemplary applications where self-lubricating polymers will be useful include energy-efficient, friction-reduction fluid handling and transportation, medical devices, anti-icing, optical sensing, and as self-cleaning, and anti-fouling materials operating in extreme environments.
本公开描述了一种制造自愈合、滑溜的自润滑聚合物的策略。与聚合物有亲和力的润滑液体可被聚合物吸收,并在聚合物上形成润滑层(润滑液体)。润滑层可以排斥多种材料,包括简单和复杂的液体(
水、碳氢化合物、原油和体液),在物理损坏后恢复斥液性,以及抗冰、微
生物和昆虫附着。自润滑聚合物的一些示例应用包括节能、减少摩擦的流体处理和运输、医疗设备、防冰、光学传感,以及作为在极端环境中工作的自清洁和防污材料。