Patent ID: 8048814

Claim:
A method of aligning a set of patterns on a substrate, the substrate comprising a substrate surface, comprising: depositing a set of silicon nanoparticles on the substrate surface, the set of silicon nanoparticles comprising a set of ligand molecules comprising a set of carbon atoms, wherein a first set of regions is formed where the nanoparticles are deposited and a second set of regions is formed where the nanoparticles are not deposited; densifying the set of silicon nanoparticles into a thin film wherein a set of silicon-organic zones are formed on the substrate surface, wherein the first set of regions has a first reflectivity value and the second set of regions has a second reflectivity value; and illuminating the substrate surface with an illumination source, wherein the ratio of the second reflectivity value to the first reflectivity value is greater than about 1.1.