Nanowire sized opto-electronic structure and method for modifying selected portions of same
AssigneeGlo AB
InventorsScott Brad Herner, Daniel Bryce Thompson, Cynthia Lemay
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Abstract
A method for treating a LED structure with a substance, the LED structure includes an array of nanowires on a planar support. The method includes producing the substance at a source and causing it to move to the array along a line. The angle between the line followed by the substance and the plane of the support is less than 90° when measured from the center of the support. The substance is capable of rendering a portion of the nanowires nonconductive or less conductive compared to before being treated by the substance.
Claims11
A method for treating a LED structure with a substance, the LED structure comprising an array of nanowires on a planar support, comprising producing the substance at a source and causing it to move to the array along a line, wherein
- (i) the angle between the line followed by the substance and the plane of the support is less than 90° when measured from the center of the support;
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- (ii) the substance is capable of rendering a portion of the nanowires nonconductive or less conductive compared to before being treated by the substance;
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- wherein the nanowires comprise a tip and a sidewall, and the array comprises edge nanowires and central nanowires, and wherein the angle is such that central nanowires are rendered nonconductive at the tip and along a portion but not all of their sidewall.
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