Patent ID: 8507046

Claim:
A method of creating a fluid layer in the submicrometer range by transferring a fluid between substrates and forming a fluid layer, the method comprising the following steps: providing a first substrate as a roller having a surface energy being higher than a surface energy of the fluid on the first substrate to form a fluid layer of a first fluid deposit on the first substrate; providing a second substrate as a roller; transferring a portion of the fluid from the fluid layer on the first substrate to the second substrate, the second substrate having a surface energy being lower than a surface energy of the fluid on the second substrate to create a second fluid deposit on the second substrate, the second fluid deposit being reduced as compared to an amount of the first fluid deposit; and providing a third substrate, as a roller or as a printing material, for accepting the fluid from the second substrate, the third substrate having a surface energy being higher than a surface energy of the fluid on the third substrate to create a substantially homogeneous third fluid deposit on the third substrate, the third fluid deposit forming the fluid layer.