Patent ID: 8028621

Claim:
A method of fabricating a three-dimensional structure, comprising: contacting a face of a printing plate with a suspension comprising particles to arrange the particles at predefined positions on the face of the printing plate, wherein the predefined positions comprise a first position laterally adjacent to a second position; positioning the printing plate with the face of the printing plate turned toward a substrate and the first position aligned to a protrusion on the substrate; contacting the protrusion with a first layer of particles disposed at the first position of the printing plate to transfer the first layer of particles to a surface of the protrusion; moving the printing plate laterally to align the second position to the protrusion; and contacting the first layer of particles disposed on the surface of the protrusion with a second layer of particles disposed at the second position of the printing plate to transfer the second layer of particles to on top of the first layer of particles.