Patent ID: 9718683
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B03C,B22F,B81B,B81C,B82Y,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for assembling multi-component nano-structures, comprising: dispersing a plurality of nano-structures in a fluid medium; applying voltage pulses to electrodes to create an electric field having an alternating current (AC) component and a direct current (DC) component to the fluid medium containing the plurality of nano-structures, wherein said electric field causes a first nano-structure from said plurality of nano-structures to move to a predetermined position and orientation relative to a second nano-structure of said plurality of nano-structures such that said first and second nano-structures assemble into a multi-component nano-structure, and wherein the multi-component nano-structure includes at least a portion of said plurality of nano-structures connected to one another tip-to-tip and assembled into a perpendicular zig-zag pattern or a square-like pattern depending on parameters of the voltage pulses.