THERMALLY CONTROLLED FLUIDIC SELF-ASSEMBLY METHOD AND SUPPORT

摘要

A support and a method for fluidic assembly are provided. The support has a surface having binding sites adapted to receive micro-components of a type that are applied to the surface using a fluid; and energy absorbing heat producers at selected binding site. Each energy absorbing heat producer is adapted to receive energy and to transduce a portion of the received energy to heat the fluid proximate to the selected binding sites; so that when the micro-components are applied using a fluid that increases viscosity when heated, the heat generated by the energy absorbing heat producers increases the viscosity of the fluid proximate to the selected binding sites to prevent the micro-components from attaching to the selected binding sites.