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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael David Dickey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gianluca Lazzi, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ju-Hee So, Cary, NC (US);
Jacob Thelen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Amit Qusba, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gerard James Hayes, Wake Forest, NC (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a fluidic structure is disclosed. A cavity that defines a shape of an element of the fluidic structure within a material is formed. The cavity is filled with liquid metal. The cavity is sealed. The fluidic structure behaves as an antenna. A fluidic antenna includes a material that defines a shape of the fluidic antenna by a cavity filled with liquid metal formed within the material, where the material further defines at least one mechanical property of the fluidic antenna.