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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2016
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
John A. Starkovich, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Edward M. Silverman, Encino, CA (US);
Jesse B. Tice, Torrance, CA (US);
Hsiao-Hu Peng, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Michael T. Barako, Gettysburg, PA (US);
Kenneth E. Goodson, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Northrup Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Abstract
A thermally-conductive and mechanically-robust bonding method for attaching a metal nanowire (MNW) array to an adjacent surface includes the steps of: removing a template membrane from the MNW; infiltrating the MNW with a bonding material; placing the bonding material on the adjacent surface; bringing an adjacent surface into contact with a top surface of the MNW while the bonding material is bondable; and allowing the bonding material to cool and form a solid bond between the MNW and the adjacent surface. A thermally-conductive and mechanically-robust bonding method for attaching a metal nanowire (MNW) array to an adjacent surface includes the steps of: choosing a bonding material based on a desired bonding process; and without removing the MNW from a template membrane that fills an interstitial volume of the MNW, depositing the bonding material onto a tip of the MNW.