Coating processes – Nonuniform coating
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Fletcher, III, William Phillip (Department: 1715)
Coating processes
Nonuniform coating
C427S258000, C977S849000, C977S850000, C977S851000, C977S855000, C977S860000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07998528
ABSTRACT:
An all-additive method for direct fabrication of nanometer-scale planar and multilayer structures comprises the steps of acquiring a transferable material with a submillimeter-scale tip, depositing at least a portion of the acquired first transferable material at a predetermined location onto a substrate without a bridging medium, and repeating to create a structure using the transferable material.
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Bletsas Aggelos
Hubert Brian
Jacobson Joseph
Fletcher, III William Phillip
Henderson Norma E.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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