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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Friedrich B. Prinz, Woodside, CA (US);
Neil Dasgupta, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Munekazu Motoyama, Kumamoto, JP;
Inventors:
Friedrich B. Prinz, Woodside, CA (US);
Neil Dasgupta, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Munekazu Motoyama, Kumamoto, JP;
Assignees:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of making nanowire probes is provided. The method includes providing a template having a nanoporous structure, providing a probe tip that is disposed on top of the template, and growing nanowires on the probe tip, where the nanowires are grown from the probe tip along the nanopores, and the nanowires conform to the shape of the nanopores.