Method and system for integrating branched structures in materials
OwnerCharles Wasyl Katryczinventor
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Abstract
A device for producing branched structures is provided which includes an enclosed cell enclosed by two sheets with a port in at least one of the sheets and an injection device connected to the port. The enclosed cell may also include a boundary joining the two sheets. A method is also provided for producing branched structures, wherein fluids of differing viscosities are injected into an enclosed cell and the fluid of lower viscosity branches into the fluid of higher viscosity. The branching of the fluid can be modified using contoured or textured surfaces of the enclosed cell, injecting or evacuating the fluids during branch formation, or impressing a stencil or stamp over a surface of the enclosed cell.
Claims25
A device for producing branched structures comprising:
- a first sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- a second sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the second sheet inner surface faces the first sheet inner surface;
- a port connected to the first sheet;
- and
- an injection device connected to the port.
A device for producing branched structures comprising:
- a first sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- a second sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the second sheet inner surface faces the first sheet inner surface;
- a boundary connecting the inner surface of the first sheet and the inner surface of the second sheet;
- a port connected to any of the first sheet, the second sheet or the boundary;
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- an injection device connected to the port.
A method for producing branched structures comprising:
- injecting a first fluid having a first viscosity, between a first sheet and a second sheet facing the first sheet;
- injecting a second fluid, having a second viscosity lower than the first viscosity, at least once between the first sheet and the second sheet, such that the second fluid channels into the first fluid in a branched pattern;
- setting at least one of the first fluid and the second fluid to form a branched structure;
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- removing at least one of the first sheet and the second sheet to release the branched structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.