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Drop Wetting And Sliding On Soft, Swollen Elastomers, Zhuoyun Cai
Drop Wetting And Sliding On Soft, Swollen Elastomers, Zhuoyun Cai
Theses and Dissertations--Chemical and Materials Engineering
Soft, slippery surfaces have gained increasing attention due to their wide range of potential applications, for example in self-cleaning, anti-fouling, liquid collection, and more. One design approach in creating slippery surfaces is using a swollen elastomer, which is a polymer network swollen with a lubricant. This type of surface may be beneficial for longer-term use than standard lubricant-infused surfaces, and provides a versatile surface with tunable mechanical properties. Hence, understanding the physics of soft surface interactions is important for fundamental soft matter physics, biomaterials, adhesives, and coatings. This research experimentally investigates wetting on soft infused networks, with the aim of …