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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2018
University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Gainesville, FL (US);
Kenneth K. Chung, Gainesville, FL (US);
Anthony B. Brennan, Gainesville, FL (US);
Joseph W. Bagan, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Mark M. Spiecker, Denver, CO (US);
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
An article has a curved surface. Disposed upon the curved surface is a plurality of patterns. Each pattern is defined by a plurality of spaced apart features attached to or projected into the curved surface. The plurality of features each have at least one neighboring feature having a substantially different geometry, wherein an average spacing between adjacent features is about 1 nanometer and about 1 millimeter in at least a portion of the curved surface. The plurality of spaced apart features are represented by a periodic function.