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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
David M. Lynn, Middleton, WI (US);
Nicholas L. Abbott, Madison, WI (US);
Maren E. Buck, Pasadena, CA (US);
Michael I. Kinsinger, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David M. Lynn, Middleton, WI (US);
Nicholas L. Abbott, Madison, WI (US);
Maren E. Buck, Pasadena, CA (US);
Michael I. Kinsinger, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for immobilizing micrometer sized liquid domains onto a chemically functionalized substrate surface are disclosed. A multifunctional polymer is adsorbed at the surface interface of the liquid microdomains, and the liquid microdomains are immobilized by covalent bonding or non-covalent forces such as electrostatic attraction between the adsorbed multifunctional polymer and the functionalized substrate surface.