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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
Applicant:
University of Houston System, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Wei-Chuan Shih, Houston, TX (US);
Yu-Lung Sung, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 1/04 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/02 (2006.01); B29K 83/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/041 (2013.01); B29D 11/0073 (2013.01); B29D 11/00365 (2013.01); B29D 11/00442 (2013.01); B29K 2083/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/16 (2013.01); B29K 2995/002 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0026 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0031 (2013.01); G02B 21/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lithography-free, mold-free, single-step method of fabricating high quality optical lenses by curing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) droplets on a pre-heated smooth surface allows lenses with different focal lengths to be made by varying the droplet volume and surface temperature.