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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2010
Yi Cui, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jia Zhu, Stanford, CA (US);
Ching-mei Hsu, Stanford, CA (US);
Stephen T. Connor, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zongfu Yu, Stanford, CA (US);
Shanhui Fan, Stanford, CA (US);
George Burkhard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yi Cui, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jia Zhu, Stanford, CA (US);
Ching-Mei Hsu, Stanford, CA (US);
Stephen T. Connor, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zongfu Yu, Stanford, CA (US);
Shanhui Fan, Stanford, CA (US);
George Burkhard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for forming a substrate comprising nanometer-scale pillars or cones that project from the surface of the substrate is disclosed. The method enables control over physical characteristics of the projections including diameter, sidewall angle, and tip shape. The method further enables control over the arrangement of the projections including characteristics such as center-to-center spacing and separation distance.