(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2017/0021385 A1 SMITH Et Al
US 20170021385A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2017/0021385 A1 SMITH et al. (43) Pub. Date: Jan. 26, 2017 (54) METHODS OF PREPARING SOLID Publication Classification PARTICLE SOLUTIONS FOR FORMING (51) Int. Cl. TEXTURED SURFACES BSD L/12 (2006.01) (71) Applicant: LiquiGlide Inc., Cambridge, MA (US) BOSD 3/02 (2006.01) (52) U.S. Cl. (72) Inventors: J. David SMITH, Arlington, MA (US); CPC ............... B05D 1/12 (2013.01); B05D3/0254 Tao CONG, Quincy, MA (US); (2013.01); B05D 2320/00 (2013.01) Ravikumar VASUDEVAN, Somerville, MA (US); Hamideh Mohammad (57) ABSTRACT ALIPOUR, Cambridge, MA (US); Embodiments described herein relate to methods of forming JiaPeng XU, Newton, MA (US); liquid-impregnated Surfaces, and in particular to methods of Charles W. HIBBEN, Darien, CT preparing Solid particle solutions for forming textured Sur (US); Brian John JORDAN, faces which can be impregnated with an impregnating liquid Winchester, MA (US) to form a liquid-impregnated Surface. In some embodiments, a method of forming a textured Surface includes dissolving (21) Appl. No.: 15/053,660 a solid in a solvent to form a solution. The solid has a concentration, which is less than a first Saturation concen (22) Filed: Feb. 25, 2016 tration of the solid in the solvent at a first temperature and greater than a second saturation concentration of the solid in the solvent at a second temperature. The solution is allowed Related U.S. Application Data to form a solid particle solution. The solid particle solution (60) Provisional application No. 62/120,630, filed on Feb.
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