Antiwetting and Antifouling Performances of Different Lubricant-Infused Slippery Surfaces
- Yunyi Cao
Yunyi CaoSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United KingdomMore by Yunyi Cao
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- Saikat Jana
Saikat JanaSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United KingdomMore by Saikat Jana
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- Xiaolong Tan
Xiaolong TanSchool of Pharmacy, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United KingdomMore by Xiaolong Tan
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- Leon Bowen
Leon BowenDepartment of Physics, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United KingdomMore by Leon Bowen
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- Yufeng Zhu
Yufeng ZhuSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United KingdomMore by Yufeng Zhu
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- Jack Dawson
Jack DawsonSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United KingdomMore by Jack Dawson
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- Rui Han
Rui HanSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United KingdomMore by Rui Han
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- John Exton
John ExtonSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United KingdomMore by John Exton
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- Hongzhong Liu
Hongzhong LiuSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710054, P. R. ChinaMore by Hongzhong Liu
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- Glen McHale
Glen McHaleSmart Materials and Surfaces Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United KingdomSchool of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, United KingdomMore by Glen McHale
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- Nicholas S. Jakubovics
Nicholas S. JakubovicsSchool of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4BW, United KingdomMore by Nicholas S. Jakubovics
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- Jinju Chen*
Jinju Chen*E-mail: [email protected]School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United KingdomMore by Jinju Chen
Abstract
The concept of slippery lubricant-infused surfaces has shown promising potential in antifouling for controlling detrimental biofilm growth. In this study, nontoxic silicone oil was either impregnated into porous surface nanostructures, referred to as liquid-infused surfaces (LIS), or diffused into a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix, referred to as a swollen PDMS (S-PDMS), making two kinds of slippery surfaces. The slippery lubricant layers have extremely low contact angle hysteresis, and both slippery surfaces showed superior antiwetting performances with droplets bouncing off or rolling transiently after impacting the surfaces. We further demonstrated that water droplets can remove dust from the slippery surfaces, thus showing a “cleaning effect”. Moreover, “coffee-ring” effects were inhibited on these slippery surfaces after droplet evaporation, and deposits could be easily removed. The clinically biofilm-forming species P. aeruginosa (as a model system) was used to further evaluate the antifouling potential of the slippery surfaces. The dried biofilm stains could still be easily removed from the slippery surfaces. Additionally, both slippery surfaces prevented around 90% of bacterial biofilm growth after 6 days compared to the unmodified control PDMS surfaces. This investigation also extended across another clinical pathogen, S. epidermidis, and showed similar results. The antiwetting and antifouling analysis in this study will facilitate the development of more efficient slippery platforms for controlling biofouling.
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