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Superhydrophobic surfaces

US8986814B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · US

Inventors

Evelyn N. Wang · Cambridge, US
Matthew McCarthy · Taunton, US
Ryan Enright · Great Neck, US
James N. Culver · Potomac, US
Konstantinos Gerasopoulos · College Park, US
Reza Ghodssi · Silver Spring, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 2011
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 12, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/24545
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Surfaces having a hierarchical structure—having features of both microscale and nanoscale dimensions—can exhibit superhydrophobic properties and advantageous condensation and heat transfer properties. The hierarchical surfaces can be fabricated using biological nanostructures, such as viruses as a self-assembled nanoscale template.

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