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US 2012/0058302 A1Published application
Fabrication of anti-fouling surfaces comprising a micro- or nano-patterned coating
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsDamien Eggenspieler, Gozde Ince, Mary C. Boyce, Karen K. Gleason
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of forming a micro- or nano-topography on the surface of a composite material. The topography or the chemical nature of the surface may be modified or tuned. The methods of the invention may be run in a continuous fashion. The composite materials produced by the inventive methods may be micro- or nano-patterned membranes, for instance, for anti-fouling purposes.
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A composite material, wherein the composite material comprises a substrate with a coated surface;
- and the coated surface comprises a coating material.
A method of making a composite material, comprising the steps of:
- providing a substrate;
- stretching the substrate, thereby forming a stretched substrate;
- coating a surface of the stretched substrate with a material, thereby forming a stretched substrate with a coated surface;
- releasing the stretch from the stretched substrate with a coated surface, wherein releasing the stretch causes the coated surface to buckle, thereby forming a composite material with a coated surface.
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