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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2014
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Michelle Khine, Irvine, CA (US);
Jolie McLane, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Nicole Mendoza, Newport Beach, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides a monolithic mold including a plurality of lens forming features that can be used to simultaneously form a plurality of lenses with different sizes and shapes. The mold can be formed by disposing a polymeric material around a plurality of physical objects with different shapes and sized. A method of forming the mold includes providing a substrate that has a surface with regions of low and high wettability. Water is deposited on the surface such that water droplets are formed with different contact angles. The mold is formed around the droplets.