Continuous manufacturing of surface wrinkle features

US12145816B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · US

Inventors

• Daeyeon Lee · Lansdowne, US
• Kathleen J Stebe · Penn Valley, US
• Shu Yang · Blue Bell, US
• Xu Zhang · Storrs, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2024
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Provided are systems and methods for inducing strain fields to give rise to controllable wrinkle patterns in a variety of substrates. Also provided are articles having persistent wrinkling patterns thereon.