Apparatus and method for suspension wicking of nanoparticles into microchannels

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8728409
APP PUB NO 20120266770A1
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13474933

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A method of forming a device on a substrate comprising creating a depository and at least one attached capillary; the depository being of millimeter scale; providing a liquid containing particles in the range 1 nanometer to 1 millimeter; depositing into the depository the liquid containing particles which flows into at least one capillary by capillary action; evaporating the liquid such that the particles form an agglomerate beginning at the end of the at least one capillary with a substantially uniform distribution of the particles within the agglomerate; which is used to form a device. A microelectronic integrated circuit device comprising a substrate; a depository coupled to said substrate, the depository being formed by at least one wall adjacent to the substrate; at least one capillary channel coupled to at least one depository that is formed by walls adapted to be filled with a liquid (by capillary action) comprising nanoparticles.

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ARMY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE101 ARMY PENTAGON WASHINGTON DC 20310

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Bedair, Sarah Salah Bethesda, US 2 2
Smith, Gabriel L Ellicott City, US 17 87

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