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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1999
Applicants:
David Tomanek, East Lansing, MI (US);
Richard Enbody, East Lansing, MI (US);
Young-kyun Kwon, Albany, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Tomanek, East Lansing, MI (US);
Richard Enbody, East Lansing, MI (US);
Young-Kyun Kwon, Albany, CA (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This application relates to a micro-fastening system and, more particularly, to a mechanical micro-fastening system employing a plurality of mating nanoscale fastening elements () and a method of manufacturing a micro-fastening system. The mating nanoscale fastening elements () are formed by functionalizing nanotubes having an ordered array of hexagons with pentagons and heptagons at particular heterojunctions.