US 12,319,385 B2
Process for establishing uniform liquid films on polar and non-polar substrates
Leon G. Higley, Lincoln, NE (US); and Robert K. D. Peterson, Bozeman, MT (US)
Assigned to Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (US); and Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US)
Filed by NUtech Ventures, Lincoln, NE (US); and Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (US)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,001.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/187,817, filed on May 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363343 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B63B 1/36 (2006.01); B41F 13/22 (2006.01); B81B 1/00 (2006.01); F16C 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 1/36 (2013.01) [B41F 13/22 (2013.01); B81B 1/006 (2013.01); F16C 19/00 (2013.01); B81B 2201/058 (2013.01); B81B 2203/0323 (2013.01); F16C 2240/54 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A substrate, comprising:
a surface formed by a non-wetting material; and
a wettable structure formed at the surface, wherein the wettable structure comprises a plurality of grooves, wherein the grooves are between 1 μm and 1 nm deep and have separations between 1 nm and 2 μm.