Patent ID: 8187865
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: B81B,B81C,B82Y,C25D,G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a nanowire sensor array, the method comprising acts of: fabricating a nanotemplate with nanopores on a substrate for growing nanowires; electrodepositing the nanowires within the nanopores on the nanotemplate in distinct subunits, each subunit consisting of a plurality of nanowires and having two contact sides; and electrodepositing a sensor layer on top of the nanowires to form a nanowire sensor array; wherein in the act of fabricating a nanotemplate, the nanotemplate comprises a layer of aluminum on a silicon substrate; wherein the act of fabricating a nanotemplate further comprises an act of patterning the layer of aluminum with parylene; wherein in the act patterning the layer of aluminum with parylene, an aluminum thin film is patterned on a silicon substrate using electron-beam lithography to define sensing sub-units.