Compliant base to increase contact for micro- or nano-fibers

US7709087B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Carmel Majidi · Berkeley, US
• Richard Groff · Berkeley, US
• Ronald S. Fearing · Sacramento, US
• Steven D. Jones · North Ridgeville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 2006
• Grant date: May 4, 2010
• Expiry date: Aug 22, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/298
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A fabricated microstructure includes a substrate, a primary fiber, and a plurality of base fibers. The primary fiber has a width less than about 5 microns. Each base fiber of the plurality of base fibers has a first end attached to the primary fiber and a second end attached to the substrate. Each base fiber has a width less than the width of the primary fiber.