Nano Terra Inc.

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Merck Patent Gmbh

S. C. Johnson Son, Inc.

Brian T Mayers

George M Whitesides

Olivier Schueller

Joseph McLellan

Jeffrey D Carbeck

Sandip Agarwal

Hootan Farhat

Lee Jeremy Hall

Xinhua Li

Monika Kursawe

Adam Winkleman

Wajeeh Saadi

Philip Graf

David Christopher Coffey

David Ledoux

Kevin Randall Stewart

Mark Somers

Ralf Kügler

Johannes Canisius

A connection mechanism including a plurality of microstructure features. The connection mechanism includes a first strip, with a plurality of protrusions extending from the first strip, and a second strip, with a plurality of protrusions extending from the second strip. The protrusions define grooves between adjacent protrusions. A pressure sensitive adhesive is provided in at least some of the grooves. When the first and second strips are brought together, the protrusions from one strip are received in the grooves of the other, and some of the protrusions contact the pressure sensitive adhesive, thereby connecting the first and second strips. The connection mechanism can be used as a closure mechanism for a plastic storage bag.

Microstructure connecting mechanism and plastic storage bag with microstructure closure mechanism

Payload container and system for delivering a payload to a wellbore, the payload container includes a blister container having a cavity formed therein and an edge about the perimeter of the cavity, one or more payload substances contained within the cavity, a lidding material to cover the cavity, and optionally, an adhesive to bond the lidding material to the edge of the cavity, so that the one or more payload substances can be released in response to an external stimulus. The wellbore payload delivery system includes a plurality of payload containers and a pump system for injecting the one or more payload containers into a wellbore, the pump system has a pump and a length of tubing coupled with the pump and extending to a zone of a subterranean formation adjacent to the wellbore.

Downhole payload release containers, method and system of using the same

Disclosed are adhesive systems and methods of making and using such systems. Exemplary adhesive systems include protrusions and/or grooves that can interleave to form a reversible adhesive interaction.

Microadhesive systems and methods of making and using the same

The present invention is directed to methods for patterning surfaces using contact printing and pastes, and products formed therefrom.

Method for patterning a surface

A composition includes a substrate (a) including a surface and (b) a multi-layer coating of nanowires positioned on at least a portion of the surface. The coating includes three or more laminar layers of nanowires and a bottom layer of nanowires affixed to the surface and a top-most layer of nanowires. A nanowire within a laminar layer is oriented substantially parallel to another nanowire within the same laminar layer. Nanowires within adjacent laminar layers are not substantially parallel to one another. The top-most layer of nanowires has a refractive index of about 5% to about 70% of the refractive index of the bottom layer of nanowires, and the refractive index of the three or more laminar layers of nanowires is decreases by about 10% or more per laminar layer from the bottom layer of nanowires to the top-most layer of nanowires.

Anti-reflective coatings comprising ordered layers of nanowires and methods of making and using the same

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Brian T Mayers