Patent ID: 11905588
Assignee: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A device comprising:
a chamber defined by a housing including a top plate and a nozzle arranged opposite the top plate, the nozzle including at least one aperture;
one or more targets disposed within the chamber;
a first laser configured to generate a first beam directed through the housing and into the chamber toward the one or more targets to perform in-situ ablation to form a plume, the first beam being directed through the housing opposite of the one or more targets;
a gas flow system configured to supply gas into the chamber and flow through the chamber, such that the gas interacts with the plume and causes the formation of nanoparticles that flow out of the chamber through at least one aperture at atmospheric pressure; and
a second laser arranged above the top plate of the housing and configured to generate a second beam directed through the top plate and into the chamber, through the at least one aperture of the nozzle, and toward a substrate disposed outside the housing at atmospheric pressure, the second laser beam configured to sinter the nanoparticles passing through the aperture on the substrate.