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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2007
Applicant:
Brian R. D'urso, Clinton, TN (US);
Inventor:
Brian R. D'Urso, Clinton, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 37/028 (2006.01); C03B 37/01 (2006.01); C03C 25/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of making an article having channels therethrough includes the steps of: providing a ductile structure defining at least one macro-channel, the macro-channel containing a salt; drawing the ductile structure in the axial direction of the at least one macro-channel to reduce diameter of the macro-channel; and contacting the salt with a solvent to dissolve the salt to produce an article having at least one microchannel.