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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2019
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Andrew Spann, Needham, MA (US);
Eric Schmitt, Needham, MA (US);
Nagi Elabbasi, Framingham, MA (US);
Kenneth Diest, Kirkland, WA (US);
Katherine Marie Smyth, Seattle, WA (US);
Renate Eva Klementine Landig, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew John Ouderkirk, Redmond, WA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
An example device includes a nanovoided polymer element, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The nanovoided polymer element may be located at least in part between the first electrode and the second electrode. In some examples, the nanovoided polymer element may include anisotropic voids. In some examples, anisotropic voids may be elongated along one or more directions. In some examples, the anisotropic voids are configured so that a polymer wall thickness between neighboring voids is generally uniform. Example devices may include a spatially addressable electroactive device, such as an actuator or a sensor, and/or may include an optical element. A nanovoided polymer layer may include one or more polymer components, such as an electroactive polymer.