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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 23, 2011
Samuel Martin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xiangfeng Duan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Katsumasa Fujii, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
James M. Hamilton, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hiroshi Iwata, Nara, JP;
Francisco Leon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffrey Miller, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Tetsu Negishi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hiroshi Ohki, Tokyo, JP;
J. Wallace Parce, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cheri X. Y. Pereira, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul John Schuele, Washougal, WA (US);
Akihide Shibata, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David P. Stumbo, Belmont, CA (US);
Yasunobu Okada, Gifu, JP;
Samuel Martin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xiangfeng Duan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Katsumasa Fujii, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
James M. Hamilton, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hiroshi Iwata, Nara, JP;
Francisco Leon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffrey Miller, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Tetsu Negishi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hiroshi Ohki, Tokyo, JP;
J. Wallace Parce, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cheri X. Y. Pereira, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul John Schuele, Washougal, WA (US);
Akihide Shibata, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David P. Stumbo, Belmont, CA (US);
Yasunobu Okada, Gifu, JP;
Nanosys, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for nanowire alignment and deposition. Energizing (e.g., an alternating current electric field) is used to align and associate nanowires with electrodes. By modulating the energizing, the nanowires are coupled to the electrodes such that they remain in place during subsequent wash and drying steps. The invention also provides methods for transferring nanowires from one substrate to another in order to prepare various device substrates. The present invention also provides methods for monitoring and controlling the number of nanowires deposited at a particular electrode pair, as well as methods for manipulating nanowires in solution.