Intel Corporation

Linda A Shekhawat

Nachiket R Raravikar

Gregory S Constable

Youzhi E Xu

Anna M Prakash

Lakshmi Supriya

Nisha Anathakrishan

Nisha Ananthakrishan

A thermally and electrically conductive structure comprises a carbon nanotube () having an outer surface () and a carbon coating () covering at least a portion of the outer surface of the carbon nanotube. The carbon coating may be applied to the carbon nanotube by providing a nitrile-containing polymer, coating the carbon nanotube with the nitrile-containing polymer, and pyrolyzing the nitrile-containing polymer in order to form the carbon coating on the carbon nanotube. The carbon nanotube may further be coated with a low contact resistance layer () exterior to the carbon coating and a metal layer () exterior to the low contact resistance layer.

Thermally and electrically conductive structure, method of applying a carbon coating to same, and method of reducing a contact resistance of same

Thermally and electrically conductive structure comprising a carbon nanotube, a graphite sheet and a metal layer; and method of reducing a contact resistance of same

Method for reducing contact resistance of a thermally and electrically conductive structure comprising carbon nanotube

An underfill formulation includes a solvent (), a plurality of amphiphilic block copolymers () in the solvent, and an adhesion promoter () in the solvent. Groups of the plurality of amphiphilic block copolymers form a plurality of micelles () in the solvent, with the micelles including a core () and a shell () surrounding the core, and the adhesion promoter is in the core of at least some of the plurality of micelles.

Underfill formulation and method of increasing an adhesion property of same

Methods and associated structures of forming microelectronic devices are described. Those methods may include forming a first layer of functionalized nanaparticles on a substrate by immersing the substrate in at least one of a solvent and a polymer matrix, wherein at least one of the solvent and the polymer matrix comprises a plurality of functionalized nanoparticles; and forming a second layer of functionalized nanoparticles on the first layer of functionalized particles, wherein there is a gradient in a property between the first layer and the second layer.

Methods to fabricate functionally gradient materials and structures formed thereby

Thermally and electrically conductive structure comprising a carbon nanotube and a carbon coating, and method of reducing a contact resistance of same

Embodiments include materials which may be used during electronic device fabrication, including a flux material. The flux material comprises a solution including a plurality of micellar structures in a solvent, the micellar structures each including a plurality of amphiphilic block copolymer elements. The amphiphilic block copolymer elements each include at least one non-polar region and at least one polar region. A fluxing agent is contained within the micellar structures. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Amphiphilic block copolymers for improved flux application

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Linda A Shekhawat