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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2004
Applicants:
Tobias Hanrath, Austin, TX (US);
Xianmao LU, Austin, TX (US);
Keith Johnston, Austin, TX (US);
Brian Korgel, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Tobias Hanrath, Austin, TX (US);
Xianmao Lu, Austin, TX (US);
Keith Johnston, Austin, TX (US);
Brian Korgel, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 23/00 (2006.01); C30B 28/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides nanowires which are substantially straight and substantially free of nanoparticles and methods for making the same The nanowires can be made by seeded approaches, wherein nanocrystals bound to a substrate are used to promote growth of the nanowire. Nanocrystals in solution may also be used to make the nanowires of the present invention. Supercritical fluid reaction conditions can be used in a continuous or semi-batch process.