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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Sarah J. Vella, Milton, CA;
Jennifer L. Belelie, Oakville, CA;
Barkev Keoshkerian, Thornhill, CA;
James D. Mayo, Mississauga, CA;
Brynn Dooley, Toronto, CA;
C. Geoffrey Allen, Waterdown, CA;
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method of patterning a substrate. The method includes depositing, in a first predetermined pattern, hydrophobic material on a first surface of a hydrophilic substrate. The method includes permeating the hydrophobic material through a thickness of the substrate without reflowing the deposited hydrophobic material. The method includes sufficiently solidifying the permeated hydrophobic material. The sufficiently solidified hydrophobic material forms a liquid-impervious barrier that separates the substrate into at least one discrete region.