Method of creating a turbulent flow of fluid between a mold and a substrate

US7531025B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Molecular Imprints, Inc. · US
• The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System · US

Inventors

• Ian McMackin · Austin, US
• Nicholas A. Stacey · Austin, US
• Daniel Babbs · Austin, US
• Duane J. Voth · Austin, US
• Mathew P. C. Watts · Austin, US
• Van Nguyen Truskett · Austin, US
• Frank Y. Xu · Round Rock, US
• Ronald D. Voisin · Austin, US
• Pankaj Lad · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 23, 2004
• Grant date: May 12, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S438/909
• WIPO field: Micro-structural and nano-technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention is directed toward a method of controlling a turbulent flow of a fluid between a substrate and a template, and more specifically, controlling a turbulent flow of a fluid between droplets disposed on a substrate and a template. To that end, the method further comprises the ingression and egression of the fluid through a first and second aperture, and in a further embodiment, a plurality of apertures, to create such a turbulent flow of the fluid.