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Actively switchable nano-structured adhesive

  • US 20080014465A1
  • Filed: 11/10/2005
  • Published: 01/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A fabricated microstructure, comprising:

  • a substrate; and

    a plurality of nano-fibers attached to the substrate, each nano-fiber configured to move between a first state and a second state in response to applied electricity, magnetism, chemical solution, heat, or light, wherein each nano-fiber is straight in the first state and curved in the second state, and wherein, when the nano-fibers are in the second state and in contact with a contact surface, the nano-fibers adhere to the contact surface.

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