Motor-free method to 3D monolayer coatings
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsLuat Thanh Vuong, Sophie Weiss, Frank Rodriguez, Ji Feng
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Abstract
A method is disclosed of three-dimensional (3D) free-form printing for coating free-form objects, the method including: arranging a free-form object in a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) trough filed with a liquid, the LB trough designed based on a shape of the free-form object; arranging an LB film comprising a plurality of colloidal nanospheres on a surface of the liquid within the LB trough; and draining the liquid from the LB trough to form a self-assemble film of the colloidal nanoparticles on a surface of the free-form object.
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A method of three-dimensional (3D) free-form printing for coating free-form objects, the method comprising:
- arranging a free-form object in a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) trough filled with a liquid, the LB trough designed based on a shape of the free-form object;
- arranging an LB film comprising a plurality of colloidal particles on a surface of the liquid within the LB trough, and wherein a size of the plurality of colloidal particles includes nanoparticles and/or microparticles;
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- draining the liquid from the LB trough to form a self-assemble film of the colloidal particles on a surface of the free-form object through a drip below the free-form object and on a bottom of the LB trough.
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