High aspect ratio adhesive structure and a method of forming the same
AssigneeAgency for Science, Technology and Research
InventorsYoke Yee Audrey Ho, Isabel Rodriguez Fernandez
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Abstract
A method of forming a high aspect ratio adhesive structure, the method comprising fabricating a porous template comprising at least a first tier and a second tier; introducing a softened polymer into the template; and separating the polymer from the template.
Claims10
A method of forming a high aspect ratio adhesive structure, the method comprising:
- fabricating a porous template comprising at least a first tier and a second tier;
- introducing a softened polymer into the template;
- and
- separating the polymer from the template.
The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein fabricating the template comprises
- creating a first plurality of pores in the template, the first plurality of pores forming the first tier of the template;
- and
- creating a second plurality of pores in the template, the second plurality of pores being created within the first plurality of pores, the second plurality of pores forming the second tier of the template.
The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the template comprises an aluminium substrate and fabricating the template includes anodizing the aluminium substrate.
The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein separating the polymer from the template comprises peeling the template away from the polymer after the polymer has cooled in the template.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.