Inventors:
Sarah S. Bedair - Bethesda MD, US
Brian Morgan - Ellicott City MD, US
Christopher D. Meyer - Coral Springs FL, US
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC
International Classification:
G01N 15/06, G01N 33/00, G01N 33/48
US Classification:
295921, 422 8201, 422 8202
Abstract:
A method of forming at least one electronic device on a substrate comprising creating a depository and an attached capillary; providing a liquid containing particles in the range 1 nanometer to 1 millimeter for deposit into the depository; the liquid flowing into the at least one capillary by capillary action; evaporating the liquid such that the particles form an agglomerate beginning at the end of the at least one capillary with a substantially uniform distribution of the particles within the agglomerate; whereby the agglomerate is used to form a part of the at least one electronic device. An microelectronic integrated circuit device comprising a substrate; a depository coupled to said substrate formed by at least one wall, a capillary channel coupled to said depository adapted to be filled with liquid comprising nanoparticles by capillary action, whereby as the liquid evaporates, an agglomerate forms in the capillary channel having a substantially uniform distribution of the particles.