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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2018
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
The University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US);
Catherine Loudon, Irvine, CA (US);
Robert Corn, Corona del Mar, CA (US);
Megan Szyndler, Irvine, CA (US);
Kenneth F. Haynes, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael F. Potter, Lexington, KY (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
The University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.