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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
Joanna Aizenberg, New Providence, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Warren, NJ (US);
Oleksander Sydorenko, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Joanna Aizenberg, New Providence, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Warren, NJ (US);
Oleksander Sydorenko, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a substrate having a top surface, a substantially regular array of raised structures located over the top surface, and a layer located on the top surface between the structures. Distal surfaces of the structures are farther from the top surface than remaining portions of the structures. The layer is able to contract such that the distal surfaces of the structures protrude through the layer. The layer is able to swell such that the distal surfaces of the structures are closer to the top surface of the substrate than one surface of the layer.