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US 6,962,823 B2Granted
Methods of making, positioning and orienting nanostructures, nanostructure arrays and nanostructure devices
AssigneeNanosys, Inc.
InventorsStephen Empedocles, Larry Bock, Calvin Chow, Xianfeng Duan, Chungming Niu, George Pontis, Vijendra Sahi, Linda T. Romano, David Stumbo
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Abstract
Nanostructure manufacturing methods and methods for assembling nanostructures into functional elements such as junctions, arrays and devices are provided. Systems for practicing the methods are also provided.
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A method of forming nanostructures, the method com prising:
- patterning a nanostructure catalyst on a substrate in a plurality of non-spherical patterned elements, wherein a plurality of different nanostructure catalysts are patterned into the patterned elements;
- heating the catalyst patterned elements to form nanostructure catalyst spheres, wherein thickness and/or lateral dimension of the patterned elements controls the corresponding diameter of the catalyst spheres;
- adding nanostructure precursors to the catalyst spheres;
- and,
- forming nanostructures from the catalyst spheres in the presence of the nanostructure precursors.
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A method of forming nanostructures, the method comprising:
- patterning a nanostructure catalyst on a substrate in a plurality of non-spherical patterned elements, wherein the patterned elements differ in size or composition, wherein sets of patterned elements that differ in size or composition are patterned sequentally;
- heating the catalyst patterned elements to form nanostructure catalyst spheres, wherein thickness and/or lateral dimension of the patterned elements controls the corresponding diameter of the catalyst spheres;
- adding nanostructure precursors to the catalyst spheres;
- and,
- forming nanostructures from the catalyst spheres in the presence of the nanostructure precursors.
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A method of forming nanostructures, the method comprising:
- patterning a nanostructure catalyst on a substrate in a plurality of non-spherical patterned elements;
- heating the catalyst patterned elements to form nanostructure catalyst spheres, wherein thickness and/or lateral dimension of the patterned elements controls the corresponding diameter of the catalyst spheres;
- adding nanostructure precursors to the catalyst spheres;
- and,
- forming nanostructures from the catalyst spheres in the presence of the nanostructure precursors;
- wherein the patterned elements differ in size or composition, wherein sets of patterned elements that differ in size or composition are patterned into a crossing array of components.
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A method of forming nanostructures, the method comprising:
- patterning a first set of nanostructure catalysts on a substrate in a plurality of non-spherical patterned elements;
- heating the catalyst patterned elements to form nanostructure catalyst spheres, wherein thickness and/or lateral dimension of the patterned elements controls the corresponding diameter of the catalyst spheres;
- adding a first set of nanostructure precursors to the catalyst spheres;
- forming nanostructures from the catalyst spheres in the presence of the first set of nanostructure precursors;
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- repeating the patterning, heating, adding and forming steps with a second set of nanostructure catalysts and a second set of nanostructure precursors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.