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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2007
Applicants:
Phillip B. Messersmith, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Haeshin H.l. Lee, Chicago, IL (US);
Bruce P. Lee, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Phillip B. Messersmith, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Haeshin H.L. Lee, Chicago, IL (US);
Bruce P. Lee, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 3/08 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B05D 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Nano-scale or micro-scale adhesive structures comprising an array of nano-fabricated, pillars, the pillars having coated upon, or having disposed on a working surface thereof, a protein-mimetic, marine-adhesive coating. Methods of fabricating the nano-scale pillars, synthesis of the protein-mimetic coating or wet adhesive and application of the adhesive to the pillars are described.