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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Chang Liu, Champaign, IL (US);
Nannan Chen, Champaign, IL (US);
Chang Liu, Champaign, IL (US);
Nannan Chen, Champaign, IL (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
This invention provides free-standing structures, functionalized free-standing structures and functional devices that are flexible, including nano- and micromachined flexible fabrics comprising woven networks and mesh networks. The present invention provides processing methods for making and functionalizing flexible free-standing structures having a wide range of integrated materials, devices and device components. The methods of the present invention are capable of providing large area functional electronic, optoelectronic, fluidic, and electromechanical devices and device arrays which exhibit good device performance in stretched, bent and/or deformed configurations.