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

Claim 7:
8. A method for fabricating carbon nanotube (CNT) conducting bridges between adjacent electrodes, the method comprising:
a. depositing a droplet (150) containing a suspension of CNTs (155) between a first electrode (100) and a second electrode (200);
b. applying voltage to the suspension of CNTs (155) using the first electrode (100), immediately after (a);
c. completely evaporating the droplet (150) containing the suspension of CNTs (155) immediately after (b), wherein complete evaporation of the droplet (150) allows surface tension of the droplet (150) surrounding the deposited CNTs (155) to pull the CNTs (155) 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 CNT 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.