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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2011
Min HU, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhiyong LI, Foster City, CA (US);
Fung Suong Ou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ansoon Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Min Hu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhiyong Li, Foster City, CA (US);
Fung Suong Ou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ansoon Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In a method of fabricating an apparatus for use in a sensing application, a plurality of nano-fingers are formed on a substrate and a Raman-active material nano-particle is formed on respective tips of the nano-fingers. In addition, the Raman-active material nano-particles on the tips of adjacent ones of the nano-fingers are caused to come into contact with the Raman-active material nano-particle on the tip of at least another one of the plurality of nano-fingers to form respective clusters and the clusters of Raman-active material nano-particles are transferred to a component layer from the plurality of nano-fingers while maintaining a spatial relationship between the contacting Raman-active material nano-particles.