Patent ID: 8652632

Claim:
A structure comprising: a substrate; a spatially organized polymer nanostructured thin film on the substrate; wherein the film comprises one more assemblies of parallel nanowires or submicron wires inclined at an angle other than a right angle with respect to the substrate; and a metal coating on the thin film; wherein each nanowire or submicron wire is fully encapsulated by the metal coating; wherein the thin film is made by a method comprising: directing a pyrolyzed monomer vapor towards the substrate at an angle other than perpendicular to the substrate; and polymerizing the monomer or pyrolyzed monomer on the substrate; wherein the metal coating is deposited on the thin film on a surface of the thin film opposed to the substrate; wherein the monomer is one or more of a [2.2]-cyclophane, dichloro-[2.2]-cyclophane, an amino-[2.2]-cyclophane, a diamino-[2.2]-cyclophane, an aminomethyl-[2.2]-cyclophane, a trifluoroacetyl-[2.2]-cyclophane, and dibromo-[2.2]-cyclophane; and wherein the monomer is vapor-phase pyrolyzed to form a poly-p-xylylene on the substrate.