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US 7,741,647 B2Granted
Utilizing nanowire for different applications
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsShih-Yuan Wang, Nobuhiko Kobayashi
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Abstract
One embodiment in accordance with the invention is an apparatus that can include a non-single crystal substrate and a nanowire grown from a surface of the non-single crystal substrate. Furthermore, the apparatus can also include an electrode coupled to the nanowire. It is noted that the nanowire can be electrically conductive and/or optically active.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate comprising a non-single crystal surface that enables crystalline nanowire growth and wherein said substrate is electrically conductive;
- a plurality of crystalline nanowires crystallographically attached to said non-single crystal surface of said substrate, wherein said plurality of crystalline nanowires are randomly oriented on said non-single crystal surface;
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- an electrode coupled to at least one crystalline nanowire of said plurality of crystalline nanowires, wherein said plurality of crystalline nanowires are electrically conductive or optically active.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate comprising:
- a first protruding portion comprising a non-single crystal surface that enables crystalline nanowire growth;
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- a second protruding portion comprising a non-single crystal surface that enables crystalline nanowire growth;
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- at least one crystalline nanowire crystallographically attached to said first protruding portion at a first end of said at least one crystalline nanowire and crystallographically attached to said second protruding portion at a second end of said at least one crystalline nanowire, said at least one crystalline nanowire for emitting light or for absorbing an electromagnetic wave and generating a current.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate comprising:
- a first protruding portion comprising a non-single crystal surface that enables crystalline nanowire growth;
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- a second protruding portion comprising a non-single crystal surface that enables crystalline nanowire growth;
- at least one crystalline nanowire crystallographically attached to said first protruding portion and extending towards said second protruding portion;
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- at least one crystalline nanowire crystallographically attached to said second protruding portion and extending towards said first protruding portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.