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US 2020/0350409 A1Published application
Growth of Single Atom Chains for Nano-Electronics and Quantum Circuits
AssigneeBoard of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
InventorsShui-Qing Yu, Hugh Churchill, Gregory J. Salamo
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Abstract
A semiconductor device made of one or more one-dimensional chains of atoms. The atoms form covalent bonds along the chain with no dangling bonds except at both ends of the chain.
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A method of creating an atomic chain comprising the steps of:
- providing an indexed substrate, said substrate including a plurality of steps having peaks, valleys and terrace edges;
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- using said substrate as a template to collect and guide the alignment of the atoms received by said substrate into atomic chains.
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