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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
Victor M. Bright, Boulder, CO (US);
Joseph J. Brown, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 23/00 (2006.01); B82B 3/00 (2006.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 51/00 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 23/002 (2013.01); B81C 1/00158 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0187 (2013.01); B82B 3/0009 (2013.01); B82B 3/0038 (2013.01); B82B 3/0042 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); H01L 51/0097 (2013.01); H04R 31/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention provides nano-scale heaters, such as nano-scale thermoacoustic loudspeakers comprising suspended metal nanobridges prepared using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The loudspeakers of the invention are capable of producing audible sound when stimulated with an electrical current or other energetic stimulus. In another aspect, the present invention provides methods of preparing and using such nanodevices.