Patent ID: 8629010

Claim:
A method of forming a structure including a plurality of parallel carbon nanotubes, said method comprising: forming a pair of embedded electrodes in an insulator layer of a substrate; forming a buried gate electrode within said insulator layer between said pair of embedded electrodes simultaneously with said forming of said pair of embedded electrodes; forming a gate dielectric layer over said insulator layer after forming said buried gate electrode and said pair of embedded electrodes; immersing said substrate in a carbon-nanotube-including solution; applying an alternating current (AC) voltage across said pair of embedded electrodes at a voltage amplitude and frequency that induces carbon nanotubes to be aligned in a direction of an electrical field generated by said AC voltage, wherein a plurality of carbon nanotubes in physical proximity to an upper surface of the gate dielectric layer is attached to said upper surface of said gate dielectric layer in substantially parallel self-alignment along said electrical field.