Electrohydrodynamic Patterning of Colloidal Crystals

Researchers at Princeton University have developed a new method of producing materials with micron and submicron patterns. Such materials are important in numerous applications, including photonic materials, high-density magnetic data storage devices, microchip reactors, and biosensors. Princeton is currently seeking industrial collaborators to commercialize this technology.

 

The Princeton method combines the well-known photochemical sensitivity of semiconductors with electrical-field-induced assembly to create ordered arrays of colloidal particles with tunable patterns.

 

Patent protection is pending.

For more information please contact:

             William H. Gowen
             Office of Technology Licensing and Intellectual Property
             Princeton University
             4 New South Building
             Princeton, NJ 08544-0036
             (609) 258-6762
             (609) 258-1159 fax
             wgowen@princeton.edu

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