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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2007
Anatoli V. Melechko, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Timothy E. Mcknight, Greenback, TN (US);
Michael A. Guillorn, Ithaca, NY (US);
Bojan Ilic, Ithaca, NY (US);
Vladimir I. Merkulov, Knoxville, TX (US);
Mitchel J. Doktycz, Knoxville, TN (US);
Douglas H. Lowndes, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael L. Simpson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Anatoli V. Melechko, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Timothy E. McKnight, Greenback, TN (US);
Michael A. Guillorn, Ithaca, NY (US);
Bojan Ilic, Ithaca, NY (US);
Vladimir I. Merkulov, Knoxville, TX (US);
Mitchel J. Doktycz, Knoxville, TN (US);
Douglas H. Lowndes, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael L. Simpson, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
Methods, manufactures, machines and compositions are described for nanotransfer and nanoreplication using deterministically grown sacrificial nanotemplates. An apparatus, includes a substrate and a nanoconduit material coupled to a surface of the substrate. The substrate defines an aperture and the nanoconduit material defines a nanoconduit that is i) contiguous with the aperture and ii) aligned substantially non-parallel to a plane defined by the surface of the substrate.