Microstructure synthesis by flow lithography and polymerization
US7709544B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24298
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a method for synthesizing polymeric microstructures, a monomer stream is flowed, at a selected flow rate, through a fluidic channel. At least one shaped pulse of illumination is projected to the monomer stream, defining in the monomer stream a shape of at least one microstructure corresponding to the illumination pulse shape while polymerizing that microstructure shape in the monomer stream by the illumination pulse.
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