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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Angela M. Belcher, Lexington, MA (US);
Chuanbin Mao, Austin, TX (US);
Daniel J. Solis, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Angela M. Belcher, Lexington, MA (US);
Chuanbin Mao, Austin, TX (US);
Daniel J. Solis, Austin, TX (US);
Assignees:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/02 (2006.01); D02G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided in one embodiment is a method of forming an inorganic nanowire, comprising: providing an elongated organic scaffold; providing a plurality of inorganic nanoparticles attached to the organic scaffold along a length of the organic scaffold; and fusing the nanoparticles attached to the organic scaffold to form an inorganic nanowire.