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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Gérard Passemard, Bilieu, FR;
Sylvain Maitrejean, Grenoble, FR;
Valentina Ivanova-hristova, Grenoble, FR;
Gérard Passemard, Bilieu, FR;
Sylvain Maitrejean, Grenoble, FR;
Valentina Ivanova-Hristova, Grenoble, FR;
STMicroelectronics, Grenoble, FR;
Commissariat a l'energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method for forming a nanotube/nanofiber growth catalyst on the sides of portions of a layer of a first material, comprising the steps of depositing a thin layer of a second material; opening this layer at given locations; depositing a very thin catalyst layer; depositing a layer of the first material over a thickness greater than that of the layer of the second material; eliminating by chem./mech. polishing the upper portion of the structure up to the high level of the layer of the second material; and eliminating the second material facing selected sides of the layer portions of the first material.