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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2010
Peter Mardilovich, Corvallis, OR (US);
Anthony M. Fuller, Corvallis, OR (US);
Qingqiao Wei, Corvallis, OR (US);
Rio Rivas, Corvallis, OR (US);
David Kamp, Corvallis, OR (US);
Peter Mardilovich, Corvallis, OR (US);
Anthony M. Fuller, Corvallis, OR (US);
Qingqiao Wei, Corvallis, OR (US);
Rio Rivas, Corvallis, OR (US);
David Kamp, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An article is provided, the article including a substrate having a surface with a first wettability characteristic. A nano-structure array is formed on the surface of the substrate to provide a nano-structured surface having a second wettability characteristic. A thin-layer surface coating is formed on the nano-structured surface, the thin-layer surface coating being configured to tune the nano-structured surface to a target wettability characteristic.