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Title: Systems and methods for nano-tribological manufacturing of nanostructures

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1735237

The presently disclosed subject matter provides systems and methods for generating nanostructures from tribological films. A probe tip can be immersed in a liquid mixture comprising a plurality of ink particles suspended in a medium. A substrate on which the tribological film is to be generated can also be immersed in the liquid mixture. A processor controlling movement of the probe tip can be configured to cause the probe tip to slide along the substrate in a shape of a desired pattern of the nanostructure with a contact force to cause one or more ink particles of the plurality of ink particles compressed underneath the probe tip to be transformed into a tribological film onto the substrate in the shape of the desired pattern of the nanostructure.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0009222
Assignee:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
Patent Number(s):
10,768,202
Application Number:
15/747,183
OSTI ID:
1735237
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 08/29/2016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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