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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Qing Cao, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady, NY (US);

Juntao Li, Cohoes, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B82Y 15/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/22 (2006.01); C09K 11/59 (2006.01); C09K 11/66 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C09K 11/66 (2013.01); H01L 29/0665 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); B82Y 15/00 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); H01L 29/66227 (2013.01); H01L 29/66439 (2013.01); H01L 29/66977 (2013.01); Y10S 977/773 (2013.01); Y10S 977/888 (2013.01); Y10S 977/92 (2013.01); Y10S 977/932 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for forming nanoparticles includes forming a stack of alternating layers including a first material disposed between a second material. The stack of alternating layers is patterned to form pillars. A dielectric layer is conformally deposited over the pillars. The pillars are annealed in an oxygen environment to modify a shape of the first material of the alternating layers. The dielectric layer and the second material are etched selectively to the first material to form nanoparticles from the first material.


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