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Magnetically tunable microstructured surfaces

US9610580B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

Evelyn N. Wang · Cambridge, US
Yangying Zhu · Cambridge, US
Rong Xiao · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 3, 2014
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/24917
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Provided in one embodiment is a dynamically tunable structure including an elastic layer, and a plurality of ferromagnetic micropillars disposed over the elastic layer. The elastic layer may have an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the micropillars.

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