Patent ID: 8617643
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: B82Y,H01F

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a nanoscale structure having substantially immobilized nanoparticles arranged at a pre-determined patterned, the method comprising: placing a curable polymeric solution within a well defined on an etched surface of a wafer, wherein the curable polymeric solution comprises a curable polymeric material and a magnetically coated nanoparticle; wherein the well is positioned adjacent to an atomically-smooth medium; moving a recording head in a predetermined manner to produce a magnetic field profile that substantially immobilizes the magnetically coated nanoparticle within the curable polymeric solution in the well, wherein the recording head is positioned on an opposite surface of the wafer from the wells; curing the curable polymeric solution such that the magnetically coated nanoparticle remains substantially immobilized after the magnetic field profile is removed, and removing the cured polymeric solution including the substantially immobilized magnetically coated nanoparticle from the well.