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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Stephen D. Hersee, Summerland Key, FL (US);
Inventor:
Stephen D. Hersee, Summerland Key, FL (US);
Assignee:
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/15 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/0254 (2013.01); H01L 21/02587 (2013.01); H01L 29/15 (2013.01); H01L 29/2003 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide non-planar nanowires, nanowire arrays, and nanowire networks as well as methods of their formation and applications. The non-planar nanowires and their arrays can be formed in a controlled manner on surfaces having a non-planar orientation. In embodiments, two or more adjacent nanowires from different surfaces can grow to merge together forming one or more nanowire branches and thus forming a nanowire network. In embodiments, the non-planar nanowires and nanowire networks can be used for cantilever oscillation, switching and transistor actions.