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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Shu Yang, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Pei-chun Lin, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
Shu Yang, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Pei-chun Lin, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for making an article having a tunable adhesive, said method comprising applying strain to mechanically deform a substrate in at least one direction; applying a rigid coating layer on the substrate; and releasing the strain to form an article having a rippled surface. Ripple characteristics can be altered by mechanical strain in real time which further changes the adhesion properties.