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Article having a light-controllable super-water-repellent surface and a printing machine using the article

US6027852A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 8, 1997
Grant dateFeb 22, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/004
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an article with a surface having an contact angle with water of at least 150.degree. or more in which the contact angle with water on the surface is lowered to less than 150.degree. by photo-irradiation to the surface. According to the present invention, it is possible to control the super-water-repellency of an article with a super-water-repellent surface by photo-irradiation.

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