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Title: Nanowires, nanostructures and devices fabricated therefrom

Abstract

One-dimensional nanostructures having uniform diameters of less than approximately 200 nm. These inventive nanostructures, which we refer to as "nanowires", include single-crystalline homostructures as well as heterostructures of at least two single-crystalline materials having different chemical compositions. Because single-crystalline materials are used to form the heterostructure, the resultant heterostructure will be single-crystalline as well. The nanowire heterostructures are generally based on a semiconducting wire wherein the doping and composition are controlled in either the longitudinal or radial directions, or in both directions, to yield a wire that comprises different materials. Examples of resulting nanowire heterostructures include a longitudinal heterostructure nanowire (LOHN) and a coaxial heterostructure nanowire (COHN).

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [9];  [10];  [10];  [11]
  1. Orinda, CA
  2. Santa Cruz, CA
  3. Moraga, CA
  4. Berkeley, CA
  5. Walnut Creek, CA
  6. Kensington, CA
  7. Oakland, CA
  8. Schaffhausen, CH
  9. Los Angeles, CA
  10. Albany, CA
  11. El Cerrito, CA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
879762
Patent Number(s):
6882051
Application Number:
10/112578
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC03-76SF00098
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Majumdar, Arun, Shakouri, Ali, Sands, Timothy D, Yang, Peidong, Mao, Samuel S, Russo, Richard E, Feick, Henning, Weber, Eicke R, Kind, Hannes, Huang, Michael, Yan, Haoquan, Wu, Yiying, and Fan, Rong. Nanowires, nanostructures and devices fabricated therefrom. United States: N. p., 2005. Web.
Majumdar, Arun, Shakouri, Ali, Sands, Timothy D, Yang, Peidong, Mao, Samuel S, Russo, Richard E, Feick, Henning, Weber, Eicke R, Kind, Hannes, Huang, Michael, Yan, Haoquan, Wu, Yiying, & Fan, Rong. Nanowires, nanostructures and devices fabricated therefrom. United States.
Majumdar, Arun, Shakouri, Ali, Sands, Timothy D, Yang, Peidong, Mao, Samuel S, Russo, Richard E, Feick, Henning, Weber, Eicke R, Kind, Hannes, Huang, Michael, Yan, Haoquan, Wu, Yiying, and Fan, Rong. Tue . "Nanowires, nanostructures and devices fabricated therefrom". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/879762.
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