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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Joanna Aizenberg, Boston, MA (US);
Michael Aizenberg, Boston, MA (US);
Philseok Kim, Arlington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Joanna Aizenberg, Boston, MA (US);
Michael Aizenberg, Boston, MA (US);
Philseok Kim, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2013.01); B29D 11/0074 (2013.01); G02B 26/0866 (2013.01); Y10T 156/109 (2015.01);
Abstract
Microstructured hybrid actuator assemblies in which microactuators carrying designed surface properties to be revealed upon actuation are embedded in a layer of responsive materials. The microactuators in a microactuator array reversibly change their configuration in response to a change in the environment without requiring an external power source to switch their optical properties.