Patent ID: 7445817
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: B82Y,H05H

Abstract:
1. A method of synthesizing a first predetermined structure comprising carbon atoms, the method comprising: forming a first plasma within an electromagnetic radiation chamber or within a first cavity that is disposed in the electromagnetic radiation chamber by subjecting at least a first gas to electromagnetic radiation in the presence of a passive plasma catalyst without adding additional energy to the first plasma, wherein the radiation has a frequency less than about 333 GHz; mixing radiation modes of the first plasma within the electromagnetic radiation chamber or within the first cavity that is disposed in the electromagnetic radiation chamber by interacting a mode-mixer in the first cavity with the electromagnetic radiation to establish plural maximum electric field vectors at desired locations on the substrate; controllably forming a plasma ignition gradient within the first cavity; adding a carbonaceous material to the plasma; and growing the predetermined structures on a surface of a substrate.