Fabrication of stable slippery lubricant-infused porous surface on polymethyl methacrylate/thermoplastic polyurethane by supercritical CO2 foaming

Abstract

The development of sustainable and efficient methods to prepare slippery lubricant-infused porous surface (SLIPS) is a profound work. In this study, using bilayer polymers restricting foaming mutually, bimodal cells were prepared through bilayer poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). At the same time, uniform cells were prepared by bilayer PMMA /thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). The prepared porous surfaces exhibited a high porosity (57 % or more). TPU as dispersed phase increased the cell density of the PMMA/TPU surface with a maximum cell density of 5.5 × 10⁷ cells/cm² and an average cell size of 1.0 μm. SLIPS prepared on PMMA/TPU surface with high porosity and uniform microcellular had better stability, and the sliding angle (SA) remained less than 10° after centrifugal rotation at 8000 r/min. Therefore, this work provides an approach to improve the surface cell density and produce SLIPS sustainably and efficiently.