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US 2006/0134392 A1Published application
Systems and methods for electrical contacts to arrays of vertically aligned nanorods
AssigneePalo Alto Research Center Incorporated
InventorsThomas Hantschel, Noble Johnson, Peter Kiesel, Christian Van De Walle, William Wong
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Abstract
Systems and methods may provide electrical contacts to an array of substantially vertically aligned nanorods. The nanorod array may be fabricated on top of a conducting layer that serves as a bottom contact to the nanorods. A top metal contact may be applied to a plurality of nanorods of the nanorod array. The contacts may allow I/V (current/voltage) characteristics of the nanorods to be measured.
Claims28
A device, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an array of nanorods formed on a surface of the substrate, each nanorod in the array extending in a direction non-parallel with the surface of the substrate;
- and
- a contact layer formed on the array opposite the substrate, the contact layer being in electrical contact with a plurality of the nanorods of the array.
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A method of fabricating a nanorod device, comprising:
- forming an array of nanorods on a surface of a substrate, each nanorod in the array extending in a direction non-parallel with the surface of the substrate;
- and
- forming a contact layer on top of the array by pressing free ends of the nanorods against a metal foil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.