Electric lamp and discharge devices – Discharge devices having an electrode of particular material
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-25
2005-10-25
Schillinger, Laura M (Department: 2813)
Electric lamp and discharge devices
Discharge devices having an electrode of particular material
C313S309000, C313S310000, C977S726000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06958572
ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods are described for controlled non-normal alignment of catalyticaly grown nanostructures in a large-scale synthesis process. A method includes: generating an electric field proximate an edge of a protruding section of an electrode, the electric field defining a vector; and forming an elongated nanostructure located at a position on a surface of a substrate, the position on the surface of the substrate proximate the edge of the protruding section of the electrode, at least one tangent to the elongated nanostructure i) substantially parallel to the vector defined by the electric field and ii) substantially non-parallel to a normal defined by the surface of the substrate.
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Guillorn Michael A.
Lowndes Douglas H.
Melechko Anatoil V.
Merkulov Vladimir I.
Simpson Michael L.
Bruckner PC John
Schillinger Laura M
UT-Battelle LLC
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