Title:
SURFACE COMPRISING AN ARRANGEMENT OF A PLURALITY OF COLUMN-SHAPED ELEVATIONS, AND USES THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005049479
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to objects comprising at least one microstructured surface area with an arrangement of a plurality of column-shaped elevations that have a length L and a cross-sectional area A and are made of an elastically deformable material. At least 90 percent of the column-shaped elevations have a length (L90 value) of at least 5 ñm while relation (I) applies to at least 90 percent of the column-shaped elevations. The invention particularly relates to objects that are embodied as sensors for determining forces and a measurement system encompassing such a sensor.
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Inventors:
SPATZ JOACHIM (DE)
GRAETER STEFAN (DE)
ROOS WOUTER (DE)
ULMER JENS (DE)
GRAETER STEFAN (DE)
ROOS WOUTER (DE)
ULMER JENS (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2004/013040
Publication Date:
August 11, 2005
Filing Date:
November 17, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV RUPRECHT KARLS HEIDELBERG (DE)
SPATZ JOACHIM (DE)
GRAETER STEFAN (DE)
ROOS WOUTER (DE)
ULMER JENS (DE)
SPATZ JOACHIM (DE)
GRAETER STEFAN (DE)
ROOS WOUTER (DE)
ULMER JENS (DE)
International Classes:
B81B1/00; B81C1/00; G01F1/28; G01N13/02; (IPC1-7): B81B1/00; G01F1/28; G01L5/00
Domestic Patent References:
WO2000039537A1 | 2000-07-06 |
Foreign References:
US20020175079A1 | 2002-11-28 | |||
US6551849B1 | 2003-04-22 |
Other References:
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DU ROURE O; JANSSENS B; BUGUIN A; LADOUX B; SILBERZAN P; CHAVRIER P, CONFERENCE POSTER AT 4TH EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS CONGRESS, 5 July 2003 (2003-07-05), ALICANTE, SPAIN, XP002319116
BOGDANOV A L ET AL: "Use of SU-8 photoresist for very high aspect ratio x-ray lithography", MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, ELSEVIER PUBLISHERS BV., AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 53, no. 1-4, June 2000 (2000-06-01), pages 493 - 496, XP004237820, ISSN: 0167-9317
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