Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Polymer surface with t-shaped microstructure and fabrication method therefor and applications thereof
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Application No.: US15763161Application Date: 2016-09-25
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Publication No.: US11110415B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Hanxiong Huang , Anfu Chen
- Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: CN Guangzhou
- Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: CN Guangzhou
- Agency: JMB Davis Ben-David
- Priority: CN201510623594.6 20150925
- International Application: PCT/CN2016/100032 WO 20160925
- International Announcement: WO2017/050289 WO 20170330
- Main IPC: B01F13/00
- IPC: B01F13/00 ; B29C45/44 ; B29C45/26 ; B81C1/00 ; B81B1/00 ; B81B7/04 ; B29C43/02 ; B29C45/00

Abstract:
The present invention discloses polymer surfaces with T-shaped microstructure and their fabrication method and applications. The polymer surfaces with the T-shaped microstructure are characterized in that T-shaped microposts arrange orderly on them, and nanobulges arrange orderly on the top surfaces of the micronails of the T-shaped microposts. A flexible insert is designed and manufactured according to the geometry of the T-shaped microposts, and nanogrooves are manufactured on the cavity surface of an injection mold according to the geometry of the nanobulges on the top surfaces of the micronails. The flexible insert is mounted on the injection mold cavity. An injection molding machine is used to inject the molten polymer into the injection mold cavity. Then the polymer surfaces with the T-shaped microposts, on the top surfaces of the micronails of which the nanobulges arrange orderly, are molded. The polymer surfaces with the T-shaped microstructure exhibit robust Cassie-Baxter state and moderate surface adhesion to water droplets, and can be used for quantitative collection, lossless transportation or micromixing of microdroplets.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180280904A1 POLYMER SURFACE WITH T-SHAPED MICROSTRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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