Patent ID: 9431493
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B82Y,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A method of forming a charge-trapping zone, comprising: forming a plurality of nanoparticles; coating the nanoparticles with electrically conductive material to form coated nanoparticles prior to transferring the nanoparticles to a fluid, the coating utilizing one or more of physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition and plating; transferring the coated nanoparticles to the fluid, and forming a dispersion of the nanoparticles within the fluid; forming an aerosol from the dispersion; and directing the aerosol onto a substrate utilizing the aerosol to form charge-trapping centers comprising the nanoparticles, individual charge-trapping centers being spaced from one another by intervening gaps.