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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2014
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Jun Chen, Union City, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Conley, Redwood City, CA (US);
Bruce A. Gurney, San Jose, CA (US);
Ricardo Ruiz, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Lei Wan, San Jose, CA (US);
Qing Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a structure includes: a substrate; and a monolayer of nanoparticles positioned above the substrate, where the nanoparticles are each grafted to one or more oligomers and/or polymers, and where each of the polymers and/or oligomers includes at least a first functional group configured to bind to the nanoparticles. In another embodiment, a structure includes: a substrate; a structured layer positioned above the substrate, the structured layer comprising a plurality of nucleation regions and a plurality of non-nucleation regions; and a crystalline layer positioned above the structured layer, where the plurality of nucleation regions have a pitch in a range between about 5 nm to about 20 nm.