Abstract
Surface features' morphology is crucial in designing lubricant-infused slippery surfaces (LIS). Microcavities were hypothesized to provide lower physical pinning, reduced droplet normal adhesion, and superior lubricant retention as compared to micropillars and untextured surfaces. Micropillars and microcavities (h = 10 ± 3 μm, d = 8 ± 1 μm, p = 17 ± 3 μm, rw = 1.4 ± 0.2) were replicated on polydimethylsiloxane from Lotus leaf and were coated with 1000 cSt silicone oil films (530 nm-27 μm thick). Water wetting, water-oil thermodynamic stability, droplet's normal adhesion and oil shear drainage properties were investigated to evaluate the relative performance of microcavitated, micropillared and untextured LIS. For ≤7 μm thick oil films, cavitated and untextured LIS displayed superior slippery properties than micropillared LIS (16 ± 1°, 7 ± 1°, 30 ± 4° slide-off angles respectively). Also, normal adhesion is of the order: cavities < untextured < pillars, and smaller than their dry counterparts. Furthermore, the oil retention efficiency under the action of centrifugal forces and continuous shear flow of water is of the order: pillars > cavities > untextured. Thus, it can be concluded that microcavitated LIS can outperform micropillared and untextured LIS.
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