Patent ID: 8384195
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: B01L,B82Y,H01L

Abstract:
1. A device comprising a mono-crystalline substrate, the mono-crystalline substrate having multiple recessed regions, wherein each recessed region exposes predetermined crystallographic planes of the mono-crystalline substrate, wherein each recessed region further having a recess width and comprising a filling material and an embedded nanochannel, wherein the width, the shape, and the depth of the embedded nanochannel is determined by the recess width of the at least one recessed region and by the growth rate of the growth front of the filling material in a direction perpendicular to the exposed predetermined crystallographic planes, wherein the width of the embedded nanochannel is lower than or equal to 10 nm, wherein the mono-crystalline substrate is a silicon substrate and the filling material is germanium.