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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:
Jun. 12, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2002
Applicants:

Andrew G. Norman, Evergreen, CO (US);

Jerry M. Olson, Lakewood, CO (US);

Inventors:

Andrew G. Norman, Evergreen, CO (US);

Jerry M. Olson, Lakewood, CO (US);

Assignee:

Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Nanostructures () and methods for production thereof by phase separation during metal organic vapor-phase epitaxy (MOVPE). An embodiment of one of the methods may comprise providing a growth surface in a reaction chamber and introducing a first mixture of precursor materials into the reaction chamber to form a buffer layer () thereon. A second mixture of precursor materials may be provided into the reaction chamber to form an active region () on the buffer layer (), wherein the nanostructure () is embedded in a matrix () in the active region (). Additional steps are also disclosed for preparing the nanostructure () product for various applications.


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