METHODS OF MAKING, POSITIONING AND ORIENTING NANOSTRUCTURES, NANOSTRUCTURE ARRAYS AND NANOSTRUCTURE DEVICES

• Main Authors: STUMBO, DAVID, ROMANO, LINDA, T, PONTIS, GEORGE, SAHI, VIJENDRA, EMPEDOCLES, STEPHEN, BOCK, LARRY, CHOW, CALVIN, DUAN, XIANFENG, NIU, CHUNGMING
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.02.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLICMATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASSC23 AND AT LEAST ONEPROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25; NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTUREOR TREATMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TRANSPORTING

Nanostructure manufacturing methods and methods for assembling nanostructures into functional elements, such as junctions (850), arrays (830), and devices (800) are provided. Systems for practicing the methods are also provided. L'invention concerne des procédés de fabrication de nanostructures et des procédés d'assemblage de nanostructures en éléments fonctionnels, tels que des jonctions, des réseaux et des dispositifs. Cette invention a également trait à des systèmes de réalisation de ces procédés.