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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Himanshu Jain, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Dmytro Savytskyy, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Volkmar Dierolf, Allentown, PA (US);
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes methods of promoting single crystal growth via solid-solid transformation of an appropriate glass, while avoiding the gaseous or liquid phase. In certain embodiments, in the all-solid-state glass-to-crystal transformation of the invention, extraneous nucleation is avoided relative to crystal growth via spatially localized laser heating and optional inclusion of a suitable glass former in the composition. The ability to fabricate patterned single-crystal architecture on a glass surface was demonstrated, providing a new class of micro-structured substrate for low cost epitaxial growth and active planar devices, for example.