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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Applicants:
Jae Wan Kwon, Columbia, MO (US);
Baek Hyun Kim, Columbia, MO (US);
Inventors:
Jae Wan Kwon, Columbia, MO (US);
Baek Hyun Kim, Columbia, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02 (2006.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); B82B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02645 (2013.01); B82B 3/0038 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); H01L 21/02554 (2013.01); H01L 21/02603 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method to manufacture nanowires. In various embodiments, a method is provided for producing an oxidized metal layer as a heterogeneous seed layer on arbitrary substrate for controlled nanowire growth is disclosed which comprises depositing a metal layer on a substrate, oxidizing the metal layer in air ambient or in oxidizing agent, and growing nanowires at low temperatures on oxidized metal layers on virtually any substrate.