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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2006
Joanna Aizenberg, New Providence, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Warren, NJ (US);
Oleksandr Sydorenko, Painted Post, NY (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Joanna Aizenberg, New Providence, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Warren, NJ (US);
Oleksandr Sydorenko, Painted Post, NY (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides, in one embodiment, an apparatus. The apparatus, without limitation, may include a substrate with a surface, and a polymer layer attached to a region of the surface. The apparatus may further include a plurality of nanostructures, a first end of each nanostructure being in the polymer layer and a second end of each nanostructure protruding through the polymer layer, wherein the nanostructures are configured to move from a first position to a second position in response to a change in thickness of the polymer layer from a first thickness to a second thickness.