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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Eric Mazur, Concord, MA (US);
Eric Diebold, Boston, MA (US);
Steven Ebstein, Newton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
President & Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention generally provides methods for fabricating substrates for use in a variety of analytical and/or diagnostic applications. Such a substrate can be generated by exposing a semiconductor surface (e.g., silicon surface) to a plurality of short laser pulses to generate micron-sized, and preferably submicron-sized, structures on the surface. The structured surface can then be coated with a thin metallic layer, e.g., one having a thickness in a range of about 10 nm to about 1000 nm.