Patent ID: 7867782
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of placing a nanomoiety at a deterministic location on a substrate, the method comprising: preparing a nanomoiety having a first characteristic dimension; providing a substrate having a surface; providing a nanoscale binding site at a deterministic location on the surface, the binding site having a binding patch, the binding site having a second characteristic dimension larger than the first characteristic dimension of the nanomoiety; associating the nanomoiety with a nanoscale delivery vehicle, the delivery vehicle having a third characteristic dimension larger than the first characteristic dimension of the nanomoiety, one of the nanoscale moiety and the nanoscale delivery vehicle having a binding region capable of binding at the binding patch; exposing the surface to a fluid delivery medium containing the nanomoiety associated with the delivery vehicle; stochastically contacting the binding region to the binding patch thereby binding the delivery vehicle to the substrate; and rendering the nanoscale moiety from the delivery vehicle to leave the nanoscale moiety attached to the substrate, the nanoscale moiety having a retention characteristic for continued attachment to the substrate after rendering.