Method for manufacturing nanometric objects using the rupture of a layer deformed by wrinkles

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• The method according to claim 1, wherein the melting is made by a selective energy supply according to which the energy is absorbed by the foundation rather than by the strained elastic layer with a ratio of 100/1.

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• The method according to claim 11, wherein the melting is made by a selective energy supply according to which the energy is absorbed by the foundation rather than by the strained elastic layer with a ratio of 1000/1.

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• The method according to claim 11, wherein a duration of each of the melting and solidification is lower than 1 second.

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• The method according to claim 11, wherein a duration of each of the melting and solidification is lower than 1 microsecond.

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• The method according to claim 11, wherein a thermally insulating layer is inserted between the foundation and the rigid substrate.

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• The method according to claim 11, wherein, the foundation is electrically conducting and inserted between electrically insulating materials, and the melting of the at least part of the foundation is made by a thermal energy supply making use of Joule effect.

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• The method according to claim 11, wherein the foundation is inserted between electrically conducting materials and has a resistivity higher than that of the electrically conducting materials, and the melting of the at least part of the foundation is made by a thermal energy supply making use of a resistive heating.

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• The method according to claim 11, wherein rupture of the elastic layer is accompanied by an eruption of nanoscale balls, and further comprising collecting the nanoscale balls.

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• The method according to claim 11, wherein the strained elastic layer initially has a stress having a discontinuity in the plane of the layer.

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• The method according to claim 20, further comprising creating patterns at a surface of the strained elastic layer and/or of the foundation to induce the discontinuity.

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• A nanoscale object obtained by the method according to claim 11 following rupture of the elastic layer.