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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2004
Applicants:
Lilit L. Yeghiazarian, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ulrich Wiesner, Ithaca, NY (US);
Carlo D. Montemagno, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lilit L. Yeghiazarian, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ulrich Wiesner, Ithaca, NY (US);
Carlo D. Montemagno, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B 29/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Movement of a gel structure is propagated by successively applying external stimuli to cause volume phase transition in the gel structure by alternately causing the gel structure to collapse and swell to move the center of mass of the gel structure in the direction of successive stimuli application. The movement is mediated by confining structure for the gel and anchoring—the starting side of the gel in the swelling cycle.