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Cellular materials formed using surface transformation

  • US 20040176483A1
  • Filed: 03/05/2003
  • Published: 09/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of forming cellular material, comprising:

  • forming a predetermined arrangement of a plurality of holes in a volume of material through a surface of the volume of material; and

    annealing the volume of material such that the volume of material undergoes a surface transformation to transform the arrangement of the plurality of holes into a predetermined arrangement of at least one empty space below the surface of the volume of material.

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