Patent ID: 9053941
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B82Y,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method for fabricating a nanostructure comprising: (a) providing a substrate having at least one nanodimensioned device superposed upon it; (b) overlaying at least a portion of the nanodimensioned device with a layer of a passivating material to form a passivating layer which does not substantially interact with the nanodimensioned device by pi-pi overlap or covalent or ionic bonding; and (c) coating at least a portion of the overlaid passivating layer with at least one photoresist; wherein the nanodimensioned device comprises a conducting nanotube or nanowire, a semiconducting nanotube or nanowire, a metallic nanotube or nanowire, a mat of conducting, semiconducting, or metallic nanotubes or nanowires, or combinations thereof; and wherein the passivating material is a photosensitive aliphatic organic polymer or copolymer or comprises an aliphatic organic polymer or copolymer precursor or a saturated wax or aliphatic surfactant, said passivating material being susceptible to imaging and photoprocessing.