Research progress on biomimetic super-slippery surfaces inspired by Nepenthes pitcher
The wax material secreted by Nepenthes pitcher plant can be locked in the porous structure on the inner wall of its leaves,which inspires researchers pouring low surface energy liquid into the rough substrate to form a stable lubricating oil layer,and then a super-slippery liquid infused porous surface is created.Compared with superhydrophobic surface,super-slippery surface exhibites more durable characteristic such as hydrophobicity,self-cleaning,anti-adhesion,which makes it a research hotspot.Herein,the wetting theory and action mechanism of biomimetic super-slippery surface were firstly introduced,followed by summarization on its construction strategy of rough substrate forming-lubricating oil infusion and rough substrate forming-chemical modification of substrate-lubricating oil infusion.Then,a series of preparation methods for super-slippery surfaces,such as etching,sol-gel,breath figure,hydrothermal,were discussed comprehensively,while its application progress in the fields of oil-water separation,fog collection,anti-corrosion,droplet manipulation and anti-icing were also overviewed.Finally,the future development directions of biomimetic super-slippery surfaces were prospected.