Patent ID: 11933551
Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  B  C  Y | IPC B  C  F

Claim 0:
1. An article, comprising:
a liquid-impregnated surface, said liquid-impregnated surface comprising a plurality of micro-scale and/or nano-scale solid features spaced sufficiently close to stably contain an impregnating liquid therebetween or therewithin,
wherein said impregnating liquid fills a volume between said solid features,
wherein said surface is non-wetting to a contacting liquid in contact with the surface,
wherein a portion of said liquid-impregnated surface that is non-submerged by said impregnating liquid comprises portions of the solid features that are able to come into direct contact with the contacting liquid,
and wherein the impregnating liquid comprises nano particles such that the impregnating liquid is shear-thickening.