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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
Marc Scott Hodes, New Providence, NJ (US);
Paul Robert Kolodner, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Warren, NJ (US);
Todd Richard Salamon, Chatham, NJ (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Marc Scott Hodes, New Providence, NJ (US);
Paul Robert Kolodner, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Warren, NJ (US);
Todd Richard Salamon, Chatham, NJ (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, comprising a plurality of closed cells disposed on a surface of a substrate. Each of the closed cells has at least one dimension that is less than about 1 millimeter and are configured to hold a medium therein. The apparatus also comprises a foam that contacts the closed cells. The foam has fluid walls that include a surfactant, and bubbles of the foam layer are filled with the medium.