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Title: Directed assembly of three-dimensional structures with micron-scale features

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176007

The invention provides polyelectrolyte inks comprising a solvent, a cationic polyelectrolyte, dissolved in the solvent, and an anionic polyelectrolyte, dissolved in the solvent. The concentration of at least one of the polyelectrolytes in the solvent is in a semidilute regime.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-91ER45439
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
Patent Number(s):
7,141,617
Application Number:
10/463,834
OSTI ID:
1176007
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2003 Jun 17
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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