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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2007
Maxim Kelman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xuegeng LI, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pingrong Yu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Karel Vanheusden, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Jurbergs, Austin, TX (US);
Maxim Kelman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xuegeng Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pingrong Yu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Karel Vanheusden, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Jurbergs, Austin, TX (US);
Innovalight, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A set of nanoparticles is disclosed. Each nanoparticle of the set of nanoparticles is comprised of a set of Group IV atoms arranged in a substantially spherical configuration. Each nanoparticle of the set of nanoparticles further having a sphericity of between about 1.0 and about 2.0; a diameter of between about 4 nm and about 100 nm; and a sintering temperature less than a melting temperature of the set of Group IV atoms.