Patents by Inventor Ruth Yu-Al Zhang

Ruth Yu-Al Zhang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040132269
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a nanotube structure which includes providing a substrate, providing a mask region positioned on the substrate, patterning and etching through the mask region to form at least one trench, depositing a conductive material layer within the at least one trench, depositing a solvent based nanoparticle catalyst onto the conductive material layer within the at least one trench, removing the mask region and subsequent layers grown thereon using a lift-off process, and forming at least one nanotube electrically connected to the conductive material layer using chemical vapor deposition with a methane precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Ruth Yu-Al Zhang, Raymond K. Tsui, John Tresek, Adam M. Rawlett