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Title: [100] or [110] aligned, semiconductor-based, large-area, flexible, electronic devices

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1174189

Novel articles and methods to fabricate the same resulting in flexible, large-area, [100] or [110] textured, semiconductor-based, electronic devices are disclosed. Potential applications of resulting articles are in areas of photovoltaic devices, flat-panel displays, thermophotovoltaic devices, ferroelectric devices, light emitting diode devices, computer hard disc drive devices, magnetoresistance based devices, photoluminescence based devices, non-volatile memory devices, dielectric devices, thermoelectric devices and quantum dot laser devices.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
Goyal, Amit (Knoxville, TN)
Patent Number(s):
8,987,736
Application Number:
12/011,454
OSTI ID:
1174189
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2008 Jan 28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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