Abstract: Liquid-impregnated textured coatings containing one or more materials on a variety of surfaces are described herein. The coatings can be prepared by chemical vapor deposition techniques or other techniques known in the art. The texture can be random, fractal, or patterned. The texture can be pores, cavities, and/or micro- and/or nanoscale features/structures. The capillary forces arising from the nano- or microscopic texture of the coating stabilizes the liquid within the textured features and at the surface of the coating resulting in non-wetting properties for a variety of surfaces. They coatings may be formed in a single layer or as multiple layers. In order to maximize ease of deposition and processing, the coating may be formed of graded composition to optimize both bulk and surface properties without the need for multiple coatings.

Abstract: Substrates, optionally coated with an undercoating layer, having grafted there from one or more non-fouling materials are described herein. The non-fouling, polymeric material can be grafted from a variety of substrate materials, particularly polymeric substrates and/or polymeric undercoating layers. The graft-from techniques described herein can result in higher surface densities of the non-fouling material relative to graft-to formulations. Graft-from methods can be used to produce covalently tethered polymers. The compositions described herein are highly resistant protein absorption, particularly in complex media and retain a high degree of non-fouling activity over long periods of time. The compositions described herein may also demonstrate antimicrobial and/or anti-thrombogenic activity.

Abstract: Liquid-impregnated textured coatings containing one or more materials on a variety of surfaces are described herein. The coatings can be prepared by chemical vapor deposition techniques or other techniques known in the art. The texture can be random, fractal, or patterned. The texture can be pores, cavities, and/or micro- and/or nanoscale features/structures. The capillary forces arising from the nano- or microscopic texture of the coating stabilizes the liquid within the textured features and at the surface of the coating resulting in non-wetting properties for a variety of surfaces. They coatings may be formed in a single layer or as multiple layers. In order to maximize ease of deposition and processing, the coating may be formed of graded composition to optimize both bulk and surface properties without the need for multiple coatings.

Abstract: Substrates, optionally coated with an undercoating layer, having grafted there from one or more non-fouling materials are described herein. The non-fouling, polymeric material can be grafted from a variety of substrate materials, particularly polymeric substrates and/or polymeric undercoating layers. The graft-from techniques described herein can result in higher surface densities of the non-fouling material relative to graft-to formulations. Graft-from methods can be used to produce covalently tethered polymers. The compositions described herein are highly resistant protein absorption, particularly in complex media and retain a high degree of non-fouling activity over long periods of time. The compositions described herein may also demonstrate antimicrobial and/or anti-thrombogenic activity.