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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:
Jan. 11, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2018
Applicant:

Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Ahmed Busnaina, Needham, MA (US);

Cihan Yilmaz, Boston, MA (US);

TaeHoon Kim, Revere, MA (US);

Sivasubramanian Somu, Natick, MA (US);

Assignee:

Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 13/18 (2006.01); C25D 13/12 (2006.01); C25D 13/22 (2006.01); C25D 5/02 (2006.01); C25D 13/02 (2006.01); C25D 3/48 (2006.01); B23K 31/00 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 21/288 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 13/18 (2013.01); B23K 31/00 (2013.01); B81C 1/00111 (2013.01); C25D 5/02 (2013.01); C25D 13/02 (2013.01); C25D 13/12 (2013.01); C25D 13/22 (2013.01); H01L 21/2885 (2013.01); H01L 21/76879 (2013.01); H01L 21/76885 (2013.01); B81B 2203/0361 (2013.01); B81B 2207/056 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0187 (2013.01); C25D 3/48 (2013.01); H01L 2221/1094 (2013.01);
Abstract

A variety of homogeneous or layered hybrid nanostructures are fabricated by electric field-directed assembly of nanoelements. The nanoelements and the fabricated nanostructures can be conducting, semi-conducting, or insulating, or any combination thereof. Factors for enhancing the assembly process are identified, including optimization of the electric field and combined dielectrophoretic and electrophoretic forces to drive assembly. The fabrication methods are rapid and scalable. The resulting nanostructures have electrical and optical properties that render them highly useful in nanoscale electronics, optics, and biosensors.


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