Systems and Methods for Synthesis of Extended Length Nanostructures

A method for synthesizing prismatic structures, the method comprising

• providing a surface upon which a plurality of catalyst lines can be created;
• generating the catalyst lines on the surface, so as to form a designed pattern from which prismatic structures can be synthesized;
• directing a flow of a reaction gas to the catalyst lines in the designed pattern on the surface;
• decomposing the reaction gas about the catalyst lines to generate constituent atoms;
• allowing for diffusion of the constituent atoms onto the catalyst lines in the designed pattern for the synthesis of a prismatic structure.

A method for collecting nanostructures, the method comprising:

• providing a cylindrical surface around which the nanostructures can be collected;
• controlling a speed at which of the cylindrical surface may rotate to match the speed of slow growing nanostructures;
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• causing the nanostructures growing from the substrate to oscillate in parallel to an axis of the cylindrical surface with an amplitude sufficiently large to accommodate fast growing nanostructures on a sinuous path upon the cylindrical surface;
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• laying down the slow growing nanostructures on circumferential loci of the cylindrical surface, while laying down the fast growing nanostructures on a sinuous locus of maximum amplitude.