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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2009
Osamu Eryu, Nagoya, JP;
Takatoshi Kinoshita, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Kawata, Inuyama, JP;
Kazutoshi Hotta, Ichinomiya, JP;
Osamu Eryu, Nagoya, JP;
Takatoshi Kinoshita, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Kawata, Inuyama, JP;
Kazutoshi Hotta, Ichinomiya, JP;
Fujimi Incorporated, Kiyosu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A method is provided for manufacturing a microstructure on a substrate in which the substrate has thereon linear and parallel atomic steps. The microstructure includes linear elements that extend along the atomic steps. The method includes a step for preparing a substrate having atomic steps on its surface and a step for applying linear elements onto the substrate. Each linear element is oriented to extend along one of the atomic steps, with the result that a microstructure in which the linear elements extend along the atomic steps is formed on the substrate. The substrate can be prepared by subjecting a silicon carbide substrate, a sapphire substrate, or a zinc oxide substrate to an ultrasmoothing process. As the linear elements, peptide fibers can be employed that are made up of peptide molecules that form β-sheet structures.