Patent ID: 11912900
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A step-wise method for fabricating conducting bridges between adjacent electrodes, the method comprising:
a. depositing a droplet (150) containing a suspension of conductive or dielectric nanostructures between a first electrode (100) and second electrode;
b. applying voltage to the suspension of conductive or dielectric nanostructures using the first electrode (100) immediately after (a);
c. completely evaporating the droplet (150) containing the suspension of conductive or dielectric nanostructures immediately after (b), wherein complete evaporation of the droplet (150) allows surface tension of the droplet (150) surrounding the deposited conductive or dielectric nanostructures to pull the nanostructures together; and
d. repeating steps a-c for at least two iterations until a distance between the first electrode (100) and a second electrode (200) is spanned by the conducting bridges;
wherein after the first iteration, the deposited nanostructures do not yet form the conductive bridges;
wherein the step-wise method is effective at forming conductive bridges that are at least 30 microns in length.