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US 2025/0144668 A1Published application
Systems and methods for manufacturing and depositing nano-scale materials
AssigneeBattelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
InventorsSIMONA E. HUNYADI MURPH, VAHID MAJIDI
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system for manufacturing and depositing nano-scale materials and a corresponding method. The system may include a first capillary, a second capillary, a first mixing region, and a deposition subsystem. The deposition subsystem may include a print head and a modified atomic force microscope subsystem. The modified atomic force microscope subsystem may include a modified atomic force microscope tip having an aperture for depositing nano-scale materials.
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A system comprising:
- a first capillary having a first end and a second end and an inner diameter of about 1500 μm or less;
- a second capillary;
- a first mixing region;
- a first pump configured to pump a first fluid through the first capillary in a direction from the first end to the second end of the first capillary;
- a second pump configured to pump a second fluid through the second capillary in a direction from a first end to a second end of the second capillary;
- a deposition subsystem, the deposition subsystem comprising:
- a print head;
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- a modified atomic force microscope subsystem, the modified atomic force microscope subsystem being in fluid communication with the first mixing region, the modified atomic force microscope subsystem comprising a cantilever and a modified atomic force microscope tip, the modified atomic force microscope tip comprising an outlet for depositing a nano-scale material.
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A method comprising:
- flowing a first fluid carrying a first reagent through a first capillary;
- flowing a second fluid carrying a second reagent through a second capillary, the first fluid and the second fluid passing into a first mixing region, the first reagent and second reagent interacting within the first mixing region to form a nano-scale material;
- flowing the nano-scale material to a deposition subsystem, the deposition subsystem comprising a print head and a modified atomic force microscope subsystem, the modified atomic force microscope subsystem being in fluid communication with the first mixing region, the modified atomic force microscope subsystem comprising a cantilever and a modified atomic force microscope tip, the modified atomic force microscope tip comprising an outlet for depositing a nano-scale material;
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- depositing the nano-scale material from the modified atomic force microscope subsystem to a print bed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.