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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2009
Xugang Xiong, Boston, MA (US);
Laila Jaberansari, Medford, MA (US);
Ahmed Busnaina, Ashland, MA (US);
Yung Joon Jung, Lexington, MA (US);
Sivasubramanian Somu, Boston, MA (US);
Moneesh Upmanyu, Wakefield, MA (US);
Xugang Xiong, Boston, MA (US);
Laila Jaberansari, Medford, MA (US);
Ahmed Busnaina, Ashland, MA (US);
Yung Joon Jung, Lexington, MA (US);
Sivasubramanian Somu, Boston, MA (US);
Moneesh Upmanyu, Wakefield, MA (US);
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods for fabricating templates for nanoelement assembly and methods for fluid-guided assembly of nanoelements are provided. Templates are fabricated by plasma modification of surface hydrophilicity and production of a network of hydrophobic trenches having a hydrophilic bottom surface. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) can be assembled into stable films, ribbons, and wires of nanoscale thickness and nanoscale or microscale width and length. The nanofilm assemblies prepared according to the invention are highly conductive and can be used in the fabrication of a wide variety of microscale and nanoscale electronic devices.