SURFACE-WATER-ASSISTED DEPOSITION OF PATTERNED FILMS OF ALIGNED NANOPARTICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20250054755A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18366300

    申请日:2023-08-07

    Abstract: Methods of forming films of aligned elongated nanoparticles, films made using the methods, and electronic devices, such as transistors, that incorporate the films are provided. In the methods, elongated nanoparticles floating at the surface of a liquid film are deposited onto a liquid film-adsorbing surface region of a substrate as the liquid film dissipates from the surface. The alignment and deposition of the elongated nanoparticles occurs along a contact line that is defined by the liquid film, the substrate, and either an immiscible liquid suspension of the elongated nanoparticles or air. As the liquid film dissipates, the contact line recedes across the liquid film-adsorbing surface region and elongated nanoparticles pinned at the contact line are deposited onto the surface in the form of a nanoparticle film.

    TWO-DIMENSIONAL CARBON NANOTUBE LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS FOR WAFER-SCALE ELECTRONICS

    公开(公告)号:US20230028346A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-26

    申请号:US17376295

    申请日:2021-07-15

    Abstract: Methods of forming films of aligned carbon nanotubes on a substrate surface are provided. The films are deposited from carbon nanotubes that have been concentrated and confined at a two-dimensional liquid/liquid interface. The liquid/liquid interface is formed by a dispersion of organic material-coated carbon nanotubes that flows over the surface of an immiscible liquid within a flow channel. Within the interface, the carbon nanotubes self-organize via liquid crystal phenomena and globally align along the liquid flow direction. By translating the interface across the substrate, large-area, wafer-scale films of aligned carbon nanotubes can be deposited on the surface of the substrate in a continuous and scalable process.

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