Method of forming a structure in contact with an object and a related system
AssigneeAgency for Science, Technology and Research
InventorWeijie Cyrus Beh
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Abstract
There is provided a method of forming a structure that is in contact with an object, the method comprising: (i) supporting a flowable precursor with a flowable support at a position that allows said flowable precursor to be in contact with the object; and (ii) crosslinking at least part of the flowable precursor that is in contact with the object to form a structure that is in contact with the object, wherein a top surface of the part of the flowable precursor that is to be crosslinked, is in interface with a fluid medium. Also provided is a system for performing the method.
Claims19
A method of forming a structure that is in contact with an object, the method comprising:
- (i) supporting a flowable precursor with a flowable support at a position that allows said flowable precursor to be in contact with the object;
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- (ii) crosslinking at least part of the flowable precursor that is in contact with the object to form a structure that is in contact with the object,
- wherein a top surface of the part of the flowable precursor that is to be crosslinked, is in interface with a fluid medium,
- wherein at least one crosslinking step is carried out when at least a part of the object is not in contact with the flowable precursor and not in contact with the flowable support.
A system for forming a structure that is in contact with an object, the system comprising:
- a tank containing a flowable precursor and a flowable support;
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- an irradiation source configured to irradiate the flowable precursor to crosslink at least part of the flowable precursor that is in contact with the object to form a structure that is in contact with the object,
- wherein a top surface of the at least part of the flowable precursor that is to be crosslinked, is in interface with a fluid medium, and
- wherein the object is positioned in a tank and configured such that at least a part of the object is not in contact with the flowable precursor and not in contact with the flowable support during at least one crosslinking step of the at least part of the flowable precursor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.