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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2005
Applicants:
Wolfgang M. Sigmund, Gainesville, FL (US);
Joachim Spatz, Heidenheim, DE;
Inventors:
Wolfgang M. Sigmund, Gainesville, FL (US);
Joachim Spatz, Heidenheim, DE;
Assignee:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Ultralyophobe interfaces that are substantially inert to contaminants, thereby resulting in surfaces that are hydrophobic and/or lyophobic. The substrates include a substrate surface and have a bonding layer and a plurality of flexible fibers bound to the bonding layer. The flexible fibers have an elastic modulus and an aspect ratio, wherein as the elastic modulus of the fiber increases, the aspect ratio increases such that the flexible fibers bend upon contact of a liquid surface.