METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING MICROCOILS AND PRODUCT THEREOF

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20200102674A1
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16615029

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Disclosed is a method for fabricating coils including the steps of providing a liquid droplet having a diameter on length-scales ranging from hundreds of micrometers to nanometers and bringing a fiber into contact with the liquid droplet, wherein the radius of the liquid droplet is sufficiently high in comparison to the bending elastocapillary length which is defined as where E is the Young's modulus of the elastic fiber, r is the radius of the fiber and γ is the interfacial tension between the droplet and surrounding medium, so that capillary forces induce the spontaneous winding of the fiber around the droplet, to fabricate a coil with a diameter in the range from hundreds of micrometers to nanometers. Also disclosed is a system for making microcoils and to the product thereof.

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MCMASTER UNIVERSITY1280 MAIN STREET WEST HAMILTON ONTARIO L82 4L8
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)75016 PARIS
ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS10 RUE VAUQUELIN PARIS 75005

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DALNOKI-VERESS, Karoly Jacob Theodoor W. Ontario, CA 1 0
FOWLER, Paul David Hodgkins Fenwick, Ontario, CA 1 0
RAPHAEL, Elie Paris, FR 1 0
SALEZ, Thomas Paris, FR 1 0
SCHULMAN, Rafael Dundas, Ontario, CA 2 2

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