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US 2020/0368778 A1Published application
Omniphilic, omniphobic, switchable, and selective wetting surfaces
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsEvelyn Wang, Kyle Wilke, Zhengmao Lu, Youngsup Song
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Abstract
A surface with selective wetting properties is described.
Claims16
A selective wetting surface comprising:
- a reentrant structure on a surface having a bistable surface,
- wherein the surface is omniphobic or omniphilic or selectively repelling or wicking, wherein the surface is switchable between repelling, wicking or selective.
A method of switching a wetting characteristic of a surface comprising:
- providing a surface including a reentrant structure on the surface having a bistable surface, and
- selecting the wetting characteristic of the surface to be omniphobic or omniphilic or selectively repelling or wicking, wherein the surface is switchable between repelling, wicking or selective.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.