Apparatus to manipulate colloidal particles in a bistable medium
AssigneeIdea Zoo, Inc.
InventorsPieter Stroeve, Ben Shand Farber, M. Saif Islam, Edmond Edward Routhier
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Abstract
A device for manipulating colloidal particles in a bistable medium, the device includes a microcontroller, which stores a color and/or design scheme for a bistable medium, and a mechanism for changing the bistable medium from a first state to a second state.
Claims21
A device that produces a magnetic field for manipulating colloidal particles comprising superparamagnetic iron oxide colloidal nanoparticles in a bistable medium, the device comprising:
- a microcontroller, which stores a color and/or design scheme for a bistable medium;
- and
- a mechanism for changing the bistable medium from a first state to a second state.
A device for manipulating colloidal particles in a bistable medium, the device comprising:
- a microcontroller, which stores a color and/or design scheme for a bistable medium;
- a mechanism for changing the bistable medium from a first state to a second state;
- wherein the mechanism to change the bistable material from a first state to a second state is an ultraviolet (UV) light emitter.
A method to manipulate colloidal particles comprising superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in a bistable medium, comprising:
- providing an electromagnetic tuning device having at least one color scheme and/or design scheme for a bistable material;
- and
- fixing a color scheme and/or design scheme for the bistable material.
A kit to manipulate colloidal particles comprising superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in a bistable medium, the kit comprising:
- a bistable material;
- and
- a magnetic tuning device for manipulating the bistable medium, the tuning device comprising:
- a microcontroller, which stores a color and/or design scheme for the bistable medium;
- and
- a mechanism for changing the bistable medium from a first state to a second state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.