Processes for depositing functionalized nanoparticles upon a substrate
OwnerErik Thostenson, Thomas Schumacherinventors
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Abstract
Processes for depositing functionalized nanoparticles upon a non-conductive substrate are disclosed herein. The processes may include the step of aerosolizing one or more particles into suspension within a gas, each of the one or more particles comprising functionalized nanoparticles having an electric charge. The processes may include the step the step of attracting the one or more particles onto a non-conductive substrate by a static electric charge opposite of the electric charge, wherein at least portions of the non-conductive substrate are having the static electric charge. The processes may include the step of depositing the functionalized nanoparticles onto the non-conductive substrate.
Claims20
A process, comprising the steps of:
- aerosolizing one or more particles into suspension within a gas, each of the one or more particles comprising functionalized nanoparticles having an electric charge;
- attracting the one or more particles onto a substrate by a static electric charge opposite of the electric charge, at least portions of the substrate having the static electric charge, the substrate being porous and non-conductive;
- and
- depositing the functionalized nanoparticles onto the substrate.
A process, comprising the steps of:
- forming a nanoparticle printer ink comprising functionalized nanoparticles having an electric charge;
- and
- depositing the functionalized nanoparticles upon a substrate by inkjet printing the nanoparticle printer ink onto the substrate using an inkjet printer, the substrate having an induced electric field attracting the functionalized nanoparticles onto the substrate, and the substrate being porous and non-conductive.
A process, comprising the steps of:
- suspending a nanoparticle dispersion within a gas as particles having an electric charge, the particles comprising functionalized nanoparticles;
- inducing an electric field about a substrate, the substrate being porous and non-conductive;
- attracting the functionalized nanoparticles to the substrate using the electric field;
- and
- depositing the functionalized nanoparticles onto the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.