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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Electrostatic printing of functional toner materials for the construction of useful micro-structures
Dietmar C. Eberlein, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Robert H. Detig, New Providence, NJ (US);
Dietmar C. Eberlein, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Robert H. Detig, New Providence, NJ (US);
Electrox Corporation, Denville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for building microstructures, comprising the steps of forming a photopolymer mask on a substrate, having a mask thickness equal to or larger than a desired height of a microstructure to be formed; forming a latent image on the photopolymer mask by exposure to light; applying an electrical charge to the photopolymer mask; developing the cavities in the mask with a functional liquid toner material whose electrical charge polarity is the same as the charge on the mask; and solidifying the functional liquid toner material into a useful microstructure.