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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2014
Applicants:
Evelyn N. Wang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Yangying Zhu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Rong Xiao, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/44 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B41F 5/24 (2006.01); H01L 29/40 (2006.01); B41K 3/62 (2006.01); C12M 1/42 (2006.01); B23B 3/10 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01); B23B 27/20 (2006.01); H01F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 3/502792 (2013.01); B23B 3/10 (2013.01); B23B 27/20 (2013.01); B41F 5/24 (2013.01); B41K 3/62 (2013.01); C12M 1/12 (2013.01); C12M 1/42 (2013.01); H01F 1/0072 (2013.01); H01L 21/44 (2013.01); H01L 29/40 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0484 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24917 (2015.01);
Abstract
Provided in one embodiment is a dynamically tunable structure including an elastic layer, and a plurality of ferromagnetic micropillars disposed over the elastic layer. The elastic layer may have an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the micropillars.