Fabrication method for arranging ultra-fine particles
US6989324B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 15, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01F1/15316
- WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and resultant device, in which metal nanoparticles are self-assembled into two-dimensional lattices. A periodic hole pattern (wells) is fabricated on a photoresist substrate, the wells having an aspect ratio of less than 0.37. The nanoparticles are synthesized within inverse micelles of a polymer, preferably a block copolymer, and are self-assembled onto the photoresist nanopatterns. The nanoparticles are selectively positioned in the holes due to the capillary forces related to the pattern geometry, with a controllable number of particles per lattice point.
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