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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Christopher J. Ellison, Austin, TX (US);
Joshua M. Katzenstein, Austin, TX (US);
Dustin W. Janes, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 59/02 (2006.01); G03F 7/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/26 (2013.01); B29C 59/02 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24802 (2015.01);
Abstract
Using a broadband light source and a photomask, surface energy gradients can be directly transferred into polymer films. The Marangoni effect causes high surface energy regions to rise upon heating the film. This leads to the formation of three-dimensional topography that can be locked in by quenching the polymer by cooling.