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Fabrication of finely featured devices by liquid embossing

  • US 20040013982A1
  • Filed: 12/17/2002
  • Published: 01/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of fabricating a functional component, the method comprising the steps of:

  • a. providing a thin film of a curable material in liquid form;

    b. patterning the curable material by embossing the material at low pressure with an elastomeric stamp having a raised pattern thereon;

    c. curing the patterned material; and

    d. repeating steps (a) to (c) a plurality of times with materials which, when cured, have varying functional characteristics, the cured layers interacting so as to produce a functional component.

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