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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2009
Avinoam Kornblit, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Middleton, WI (US);
Mary Louise Mandich, Martinsville, NJ (US);
Tobias Manuel Schneider, Marburg, DE;
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Madison, WI (US);
Shu Yang, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Avinoam Kornblit, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Middleton, WI (US);
Mary Louise Mandich, Martinsville, NJ (US);
Tobias Manuel Schneider, Marburg, DE;
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Madison, WI (US);
Shu Yang, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed wherein the movement of a droplet disposed on a nanostructured or microstructured surface is determined by at least one characteristic of the nanostructure feature pattern or at least one characteristic of the droplet. In one embodiment, the movement of the droplet is laterally determined by at least one characteristic of the nanostructure feature pattern such that the droplet moves in a desired direction along a nanostructured feature pattern. In another embodiment, the movement of the droplet is determined by either at least one characteristic of the nanostructure feature pattern or at least one characteristic of the droplet in a way such that the droplet penetrates the feature pattern at a desired area and becomes substantially immobile.