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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Marco Rolandi, Seattle, WA (US);
Hideki Sato, Hino, JP;
Stephanie Vasko, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Brasino, Issaquah, WA (US);
Adnan Kapetanovic, Tukwila, WA (US);
Vamsi Talla, Seattle, WA (US);
Marco Rolandi, Seattle, WA (US);
Hideki Sato, Hino, JP;
Stephanie Vasko, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Brasino, Issaquah, WA (US);
Adnan Kapetanovic, Tukwila, WA (US);
Vamsi Talla, Seattle, WA (US);
University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods for forming inorganic nanostructures are provided. The methods create the inorganic nanostructures by positioning a writing electrode (e.g., a conductive 'stamp') spaced nanometers above a substrate such that a precursor is intermediate the two. Applying an electric field, a voltage bias, an ionic current, or an electronic current between the writing electrode and the substrate converts the precursor into an inorganic solid material (e.g., a semiconductor such as silicon or germanium) in the area of the writing electrode.