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Self-healing liquid-infused surfaces with high transparency for optical devices

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The glass surfaces used for optical devices are necessary to have high transparency. Here we propose to take advantage of tube-like Si02 textures to trap lubricant liquid inside aiming to prepare novel slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS). As a consequence, SLIPS with high transparency were synthesized on glass substrate successfully. The capillary action of unique tubular structure induces the ion migration of adjacent Krytox 100, thus endowing SLIPS with the self-healing property. Moreover, the remarkable slip behavior enables these surfaces to possess the self-cleaning and anti-biofouling performances. The current work might provide a promising candidate for long-term transparent optical devices.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51603053), the Application Technology Research and Development Plan of Heilongjiang Province (GX16A008), the Fundamental Research Funds of the Central University and the Application Technology Research and Development Projects of Harbin (2015RAQXJ038), Defense Industrial Technology Development Program (JCKY2016604C006) and National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFE0202700).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China

    Meiling Zhang, Qi Liu, Jingyuan Liu, Jing Yu & Jun Wang

  2. College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China

    Meiling Zhang, Qi Liu, Jingyuan Liu, Jing Yu & Jun Wang

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Zhang, M., Liu, Q., Liu, J. et al. Self-healing liquid-infused surfaces with high transparency for optical devices. MRS Communications 9, 92–98 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2018.241

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