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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Joerg Lahann, Arlington, MA (US);
Samir S. Mitragotri, Goleta, CA (US);
Robert S. Langer, Newton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Joerg Lahann, Arlington, MA (US);
Samir S. Mitragotri, Goleta, CA (US);
Robert S. Langer, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/35 (2006.01); H01M 4/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A substrate having a surface with reversibly switchable properties. The surface comprises a nanolayer of a material that switches from a first conformation state to a second conformation state when an external stimulus is applied. When the nanolayer is in the first conformation state, the surface is characterized by a first property, and when the nanolayer is in the second conformation state, the surface is characterized by a second property.