Methods for passivating a carbonic nanolayer
First Claim
1. A carbonic nanolayer based device, comprising:
- a carbonic nanolayer comprising a plurality of carbon structures, said carbonic nanolayer having a first side and a second side;
a material layer;
wherein said carbonic nanolayer and said material layer have longitudinal axes that are substantially parallel;
wherein at least a portion of said carbonic nanolayer is ordered to increase the density of carbon structures within at least said portion of said carbonic nanolayer; and
wherein said increased density within said portion of said carbonic nanolayer is selected such as to limit the encroachment of said material layer into said carbonic nanolayer.
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Abstract
Methods for passivating a carbonic nanolayer (that is, material layers comprised of low dimensional carbon structures with delocalized electrons such as carbon nanotubes and nanoscopic graphene flecks) to prevent or otherwise limit the encroachment of another material layer are disclosed. In some embodiments, a sacrificial material is implanted within a porous carbonic nanolayer to fill in the voids within the porous carbonic nanolayer while one or more other material layers are applied over or alongside the carbonic nanolayer. Once the other material layers are in place, the sacrificial material is removed. In other embodiments, a non-sacrificial filler material (selected and deposited in such a way as to not impair the switching function of the carbonic nanolayer) is used to form a barrier layer within a carbonic nanolayer. In other embodiments, carbon structures are combined with and nanoscopic particles to limit the porosity of a carbonic nanolayer.
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1. A carbonic nanolayer based device, comprising:
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a carbonic nanolayer comprising a plurality of carbon structures, said carbonic nanolayer having a first side and a second side; a material layer; wherein said carbonic nanolayer and said material layer have longitudinal axes that are substantially parallel; wherein at least a portion of said carbonic nanolayer is ordered to increase the density of carbon structures within at least said portion of said carbonic nanolayer; and wherein said increased density within said portion of said carbonic nanolayer is selected such as to limit the encroachment of said material layer into said carbonic nanolayer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A nanotube switching device, comprising:
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a first conductive element; a second conductive element; a nanotube fabric layer comprising a plurality of individual nanotube elements, said nanotube fabric layer having a first side and a second side; wherein said first side of said nanotube fabric layer is electrical coupled to said first conductive element and said second side of said nanotube fabric layer is electrically coupled to said second conductive element; wherein at least a portion of said nanotube fabric layer is ordered to increase the density of individual nanotube elements within at least said portion of said nanotube fabric layer; and wherein said increased density within at least said portion of said nanotube fabric layer is selected such as to limit the encroachment of at least one of said first conductive element and said second conductive element into said nanotube fabric layer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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