Industries clamour for SLIPS oil-repellent coating technology
28/05/2015
CEO Daniel Behr said: “We have accelerated our company’s growth due to increasing demand from Fortune 500 companies in a broad range of industrial, consumer and medical applications. We have a large volume of customers calling us – it seems everyone is interested in having SLIPS solve their sticky problems. Dozens of these customers are evaluating samples and this high level of interest confirms the potential of our slippery surface technologies as a breakthrough concept in non-stick materials science.”
SLIPS (Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces) featured in a WSA article in July/August 2014 - available to download as a pdf in the Technical Library - when the researchers modified cotton and polyester fabrics with a coating that repels almost any type of substance.
SLIPS was pioneered by Dr. Joanna Aizenberg at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute. As the industry forerunner, this technology has received awards and has been widely published and cited.
“When the media first picked up our ‘ketchup bottle video’ in 2011, I didn’t imagine SLIPS’ breadth of possibilities,” said co-founder and VP of technology Dr Philseok Kim. “But after three years of technology development at Harvard, the potential applications kept growing – and when we launched the company in October 2014, the world literally started to beat a path to our doorstep. For example, we’re now working to deliver anti-fouling and non-stick solutions for medical devices, for marine fouling, for high value chemicals, and for certain building materials.”
SLIPS prevents substances such as solvents, biofilms, water, oils, ice, asphalt, peanut butter and blood from sticking to surfaces in a wide range of applications.
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