Abstract: A capacitor device comprised of a first conductor layer fabricated from a first material located between two dielectric layers located between second set of conductor layers fabricated from a second material located between two additional dielectric layers and at least another two first conductors. The first conductor layers all being electrically connected to one another and the second conductor layers being electrically connected to one another and not electrically connected to the first conductor for the purpose of storing electrical charge.

Abstract: A capacitor device to store electrical charge is disclosed that includes a first unit of a first conductor layer fabricated from a first material. The first conductor layer is sandwiched between two dielectric layers. This assembly is layered on a second unit of a second conductor layer fabricated from a second material and sandwiched between two additional dielectric layers. The first conductor layers are all electrically connected to one another, and the second conductor layers being electrically connected to one another but are not electrically connected to the first conductor. Any multiple of first and second units may be utilized.

Abstract: Devices for the separation of components within a fluid are disclosed herein. The device includes a housing that contains a roll of film with spaced apart microstructures thereon to crate channels to direct fluid flow. The channels have functionalized surfaces to attract and retain desired components in the fluid so that those components can be separated from the fluid. The film roll is typically contained by an outer sleeve around its perimeter to contain the fluid therein. The device also includes a central hub on which the film roll is mounted.

Abstract: A filtering device generally constructed from two panels is disclosed herein. The device may be used for the isolation, concentration, and detection of particles with particular chosen characteristics. A first panel, an etched or molded filter panel, includes an array of V-shaped channels wherein the walls of the V-shaped channels have spacer pads and offset walls that create filtering pores when the filter panel is mated to a flat surface of a second panel. The use of semiconductor processing equipment provides incredible accuracy as well as the ability to construct extremely small features.

Abstract: A PCB that constructs circuit traces, vias, and connection pads by filling recessed areas, grooves, holes, and/or counter bores with conductive material. The recessed areas are filled with conductive ink or plating solutions by a number of methods. Capillary action aids in the filling of the recessed areas. Pressure, vacuum and or gravity can aid the filling. Layers of the PCB or similar type devices can be bonded together both mechanically and electrically to accomplish 3D connections of circuits. Ground and power plane durability and conductivity is enhanced by the inclusion of small grooves over the conductive plane.

Abstract: Devices for the separation of components within a fluid are disclosed herein. The device typically includes layers of spacers and separation surfaces. The separation panels have channels with functionalized surfaces to attract and retain components within the fluid. The separation panels include a border (housing) to constrain the fluid.

Abstract: A capacitor device including multiple layers with at least a first conductor layer fabricated from a first material and located between two dielectric layers. Layered on the first conductor/dielectric layers combination is at least a second conductor layer fabricated from a second material and located between two additional dielectric layers. The first conductor layers are all electrically connected to each other. The second conductor layers are also electrically connected to each other, and are not electrically connected to the first conductor layers.

Abstract: Absorbent microstructure panels are described herein. An example filter device includes a plurality of microstructure panels each having a front surface and a back surface, and a plurality of capillary ridges protruding from the front surface. The plurality of capillary ridges are each spaced apart from one another. The plurality of microstructure panels form an absorbent microstructure array by layering the plurality of microstructure panels together such that the plurality of capillary ridges of one microstructure panel contacts the back surface of an adjacent microstructure panel to create capillary tubes that draw fluid into the absorbent microstructure array.

Abstract: Various structures for catalytic convertors are disclosed herein. The device includes an outer housing enclosing a catalytic core. The catalytic core can be formed in a myriad of ways. Flow paths through the core are constructed so that they are not straight-line paths from the inlet of the device to the outlet of the device. Pleated conformations and stacked core arrays are described that maximize the catalytic surface area in a given volume of housing. The application of the core to exhaust from diesel engines is also disclosed.

Abstract: A layered porous film with a fluidic path through orthogonally oriented ribbed layers of varying size and spacing for the filtering or separation of particles or compounds. Any number of additional layers and materials may be added to modify the flow characteristics through the film.

Abstract: Microstructure separation filters are provided herein, as well as chromatography and other separation devices. An exemplary filter device includes a microstructure filter has a plurality of layers of alternating sacrificial and/or structural material which have been etched to create inlet channels and outlet channels. Adjacent ones of the inlet channels and the outlet channels are spaced apart from one another by cross channels that filter a fluid from the inlet channels to the outlet channels. The cross channels include filter features formed by etching away of a portion of the layers. The device also includes a housing configured to receive the microstructure filter.

Abstract: Devices for the separation of components within a fluid are disclosed herein. The device includes a housing that contains a roll of film with spaced apart microstructures thereon to crate channels to direct fluid flow. The channels have functionalized surfaces to attract and retain desired components in the fluid so that those components can be separated from the fluid. The film roll is typically contained by an outer sleeve around its perimeter to contain the fluid therein. The device also includes a central hub on which the film roll is mounted.

Abstract: This disclosure relates a fluid filter whose pores are created by raised structures on a base. The raised structures may be macro, micro and/or nanometer scale structures. The structures can be configured in myriad ways to control flow rate and extracted particle size of a filtering system. Typically a plurality of filter panels will be stacked to form a filtering unit.

Abstract: An emulsification device with plenums to supply and extract fluids from a large number of emulsification junctions is disclosed herein. The plenums deliver fluid to and extract emulsifications from emulsification junctions and their related channels at nearly identical pressures. The emulsification junction and the related channels share nearly identical geometry. By providing nearly identical pressure and geometry of the features, the flow at each of the emulsification junctions is also nearly identical. This allows for the production of nearly identically sized droplets. The consistency of the dimensions of the emulsification areas contributes to consistent sized droplet formation.

Abstract: Devices for the separation of components within a fluid are disclosed herein. The device includes a housing that typically includes at least one separation panel formed from multiple layers. The separation panels are formed with channels having functionalized surfaces to attract and retain selected components within the fluid. The separation panels include a physical boundary to contain the fluid flow.

Abstract: Devices for the separation of components within a fluid are disclosed herein. The device typically includes layers of spacers and separation surfaces. The separation panels have channels with functionalized surfaces to attract and retain components within the fluid. The separation panels include a border (housing) to constrain the fluid.

Abstract: Various structures for catalytic convertors are disclosed herein. The device includes an outer housing enclosing a catalytic core. The catalytic core can be formed in a myriad of ways. Flow paths through the core are constructed so that they are not straight-line paths from the inlet of the device to the outlet of the device. Zigzag conformations and stacked panel arrays are described that maximize the catalytic surface area in a given volume of housing.

Abstract: Three dimensional filter devices and devices are provided herein. An example substrate includes a primary inlet boundary and a primary outlet boundary, as well as a plurality of filter rows that include microstructure filter members that remove particulate matter from a fluid flowing across or through the substrate; the fluid entering through the inlet boundary and exiting through the outlet boundary. Each of the microstructure filter members includes a secondary inlet channel and a secondary outlet channel that couple to adjacent microstructure filter members.

Abstract: Micro-channel fluid filters and methods of use are provided herein. In one embodiment a fluid film may include a plurality of dividing walls extending from an upper surface of a film, the plurality of dividing walls forming a plurality of tapered inlet channels, a plurality of cross channels formed along a length of each of the plurality of dividing walls, an inlet channel for each of the plurality of tapered inlet channels, and an outlet channel for each of the plurality of tapered inlet channels.

Abstract: Multiple staged filters are provided herein. A filter may include a plurality of panels that each include a filtering front surface and a flat back surface, the filtering front surface having a first row of vertically extending protrusions spaced apart from one another to form vertical channels, a second row of vertically extending protrusions spaced apart from one another to form vertical channels, and one or more rows of filtering protrusions, where the one or more rows are vertically spaced apart from one another and extending between the first and second rows of vertically extending protrusions. Further, each row of filtering protrusions may include filtering protrusions that are spaced from one another to form filter channels having a size that is configured to receive and retain objects of a given size.