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

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1176007
Patent Number(s):
7141617
Application Number:
10/463,834
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B33 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY B33Y - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-91ER45439
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2003 Jun 17
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Gratson, Gregory, and Lewis, Jennifer A. Directed assembly of three-dimensional structures with micron-scale features. United States: N. p., 2006. Web.
Gratson, Gregory, & Lewis, Jennifer A. Directed assembly of three-dimensional structures with micron-scale features. United States.
Gratson, Gregory, and Lewis, Jennifer A. Tue . "Directed assembly of three-dimensional structures with micron-scale features". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176007.
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