Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Temasek Polytechnic

Ethicon, Gmbh

Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

University of Michigan

Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh

National University of Singapore

Singapore University of Technology and Design

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (a*star)

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Singapore Polytechnic

Endo-surgery, Inc.

The Procter Gamble Company

Hong Yee Low

Kevin L Cooper

Sriram Natarajan

Isabel Rodriguez

Chee Tiong Lim

Jarrett Dumond

Murty Narayan Vyakarnam

Audrey Yoke Yee Ho

Noha Elmouelhi

Emma Kim Luong-Van

Soo Jin Chua

Joseph J Hammer

Yen Peng Kong

Yun Xu

Beng Soon Tan

Tanu Suryadi Kustandi

Fengxiang Zhang

Seok Hong Goh

Yongan Xu

Bee Khuan Jaslyn Law

M S M Saifullah

Hazrat Hussain

Ewald Karl Michael Guenther

Kyoko Yamamoto

Albert F Yee

Xiaodi Su

Stella W Pang

Isabel Rodriguez Fernandez

Kwok Wei Shah

Adrian Yeo

Yee Chong Loke

Maxim Kiryukhin

Mei Chee Tan

Maria Antipina

Karen Siew Ling Chong

Yuanyuan Zhang

Kim Kiat Teo

Him Cheng Wong

Chee Fatt Frank Chan

Ramakrishnan Ganesan

Su Hui Lim

Karen Chong

Yeong Yuh Lee

Gleb B Sukhorukov

Kevin Beng Chin Khaw

Suresh Parappuveetil Sarangadharan

Ryan Chaw

Karan Darmono

Weng Keong Choy

Fung Ling Yap

Han Liat Loh

Chee Fatt Chan

Suhui Lim

Wei Wei Loh

King Fai Evelyn Yim

Eva Maria Perez-prat Vinuesa

Alberto Martinez Becares

Satoshi Amamiya

Sharon Roslyn Oh

Isabel Rodriquez

Sharon Roslyn Su Yin Oh

There is provided a carbon capture mixed matrix membrane comprising: a polymeric support layer; and a carbon dioxide capture layer in contact with the polymeric support layer, the carbon dioxide capture layer comprising solid porous material with at least one carbon dioxide adsorption site, wherein the polymeric support layer comprises spatially ordered uniform sized pores. The polymeric support layer may be patterned by micro-molding, nanoimprinting, mold-based lithography or other suitable lithographic process. The carbon dioxide capture layer may comprise amine-functionalised material, metal-organic frameworks such as zeolite imidazolate framework 8 (ZIF-8) or copper benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate (Cu-BTC) which may or may not be amine modified. There is also provided a membrane module comprising at least one carbon capture mixed matrix membrane and a method of forming the carbon capture mixed matrix membrane.

Carbon capture membrane

According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of forming a film with a lenticular lens array, the method comprising providing a substrate; providing a mold having a plurality of nano-scale to micro-scale cavities that form the lenticular lens array on the substrate; having the mold contact the substrate; and forming the lenticular lens array by allowing portions of the substrate to partially fill the plurality of cavities.

Method of forming a film with a lenticular lens array

An implant having an adhesive structure comprising a planar surface having two sides and rectangular cuboid-based protrusions having pyramidal tips extending from at least one of said sides, optionally having a porous basic supporting structure, and methods of making and using such implants.

Adhesive structure with tissue piercing protrusions on its surface

According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided an optical grating comprising a substrate comprising a plurality of protrusions with a space in between any two adjacent protrusions; and a cap provided on at least one of the plurality of protrusions at an end that is furthest from the substrate, wherein the cap has a higher degree of optical attenuation compared to the substrate material and wherein the combination of each protrusion and the respective cap thereon has a generally symmetric cross-sectional profile.

Optical grating

A surface on a polymeric film having an array of patterned structures, wherein the array of patterned structures influences fluid flow of the surface and causes reduced attachment of a biological material.

Polymeric film surface

A method of reducing the dimension of an imprint structure on a substrate, the method comprising the steps of:

Method of reducing the dimension of an imprint structure on a substrate

The present invention is directed to a construct for promoting absorption of molecules by a cell and the application thereof in drug and gene delivery. The present invention further describes topographical modulation of endocytosis for drug and gene delivery.

Construct for promoting absorption of molecules by a cell and methods of using the construct

A polydioxanone film comprising substantially cylindrical polydioxanone pillars on at least one side thereof, said pillars having diameters from about 0.2 &#x3bc;m to about 3 &#x3bc;m, and heights from about 2 &#x3bc;m to about 20 &#x3bc;m from the surface of the film, a process for adsorbing proteins using the film and medical devices incorporating the film.

Super-hydrophilic structures

A method of modifying the wetting properties of the surface of a substrate, the method comprising the step of applying a first mold having an imprint forming surface to said substrate to form a first imprint thereon, said imprint forming surface being chosen to modify the wetting properties of the substrate surface.

Modification of surface wetting properties of a substrate

There is provided a process for making a patterned metal oxide structure comprising the step of heating an imprint structure comprising a polymerized organometallic compound to remove organic material and thereby form the patterned metal oxide structure, wherein the imprint structure is formed by polymerizing a resist mixture comprising at least one olefinic polymerizable compound and a polymerizable organometallic compound having, e.g., at least one carboxylate of Formula 1: wherein

Process for making a patterned metal oxide structure

A laminate and process of making the laminate is disclosed comprising: a surgical mesh having first and second surfaces; and an adhesive structure having adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces, wherein the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive structure is laminated to at least one of said first and second surfaces of said surgical mesh, and the adhesive surface of said adhesive structure has protrusions extending therefrom comprising a resin having a Young's modulus of greater than 17 MPa, which protrusions are of sufficiently low diameter to promote adhesion by increasing physical attractive forces between the adhesive structure and a target surface, as measured by shear adhesion.

Adhesive structure with stiff protrusions on adhesive surface

There is provided a process for forming a laminated structure, the process comprising the step of bonding a polymer film to an array of structures disposed on a substrate, and wherein a plurality of cavities are formed between the polymer film and the array of structures during the bonding.

Process for forming a laminated structure

The present invention relates to a method of forming polymer substrate with variable refractive index sensitivity, the method comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a metal-coated patterned mold with a polymer substrate at a temperature sufficient to deform said polymer substrate to thereby deposit a patterned mask of a metal film on the polymer substrate; and (b) etching away portions of said polymer substrate not covered by said patterned mask under conditions to form a region of variable refractive index sensitivity on said polymer substrate.

Method of forming a polymer substrate with variable refractive index sensitivity

A blood clotting substrate and device which has a plurality of oxygen plasma-treated polypropylene pillars extending from the surface of a polypropylene film.

Blood clotting substrate and medical device

Synthetic polymer substrates comprising a hierarchical surface structure of multiple domes and multiple pillars on said domes, wherein said substrate is a synthetic polymer film, said domes have diameters in the range from about 5 &#x3bc;m to about 400 &#x3bc;m, heights in the range from about 2.5 &#x3bc;m and about 500 &#x3bc;m, and said pillars have diameters in the range from about 20 nm to about 5 &#x3bc;m and aspect ratios of from about 2 to about 50, and methods of making and using them.

Super-hydrophobic hierarchical structures, method of forming them and medical devices incorporating them

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