Patent ID: 8080280

Claim:
A method of making a nanostructure that is stable at an elevated temperature from a template of the nanostructure, the method comprising: providing the template of the nanostructure, the template of the nanostructure having a stability temperature (T template ) that is less than the elevated temperature; depositing by atomic layer deposition (ALD) at least one structural layer of a material onto the template at an initial deposition temperature (T initial ) wherein the initial deposition temperature is equal to or less than the stability temperature of the template (T initial ≦T template ); and, depositing by atomic layer deposition (ALD) at least one additional structural layer of the material onto the template, wherein the at least one additional structural layer of the material is deposited at least one additional deposition temperature (T dep ) wherein the at least one additional deposition temperature is greater than the initial deposition temperature (T dep >T initial ).