Coated substrate apparatus and method

US9863057B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Zhenan Bao · Lyndhurst, US
• Ying Diao · Stanford, US
• Stefan Christian Bernhardt Mannsfeld · Cameron Park, US
• Chee Keong Tee · Singapore, SG
• Hector A. Becerril-Garcia · Rexburg, US
• Yan Zhou · Fremont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C30B29/54
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A coated substrate is formed with aligned objects such as small molecules, macromolecules and nanoscale particulates, such as inorganic, organic or inorganic/organic hybrid materials. In accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus or method involves an applicator having at least one surface patterned with protruded or indented features, and a coated substrate including a solution-based layer of objects having features and morphology attributes arranged as a function of the protruded or indented features.