Metal nanoparticles grown on an inner surface of open volume defects within a substrate Patent uri icon

abstract

  • The present invention provides a method for forming metal nanoparticle(s) onto an inner surface of one or more open volume defects within a substrate by providing the substrate containing the one or more open volume defects, depositing an immiscible metal on a surface of the substrate, and forming the metal nanoparticle(s) by diffusing the immiscible metal from the surface onto the inner surface of each open volume defect using a heat treatment. The method can be used to produce a substrate having at least one open volume defect with a metal nanoparticle formed onto an inner surface of the open volume defect, a solar cell, an optical switch, a radiation detector, or other similar device.

author list (cited authors)

  • Martin, M., & Shao, L.

complete list of authors

  • Martin, Michael||Shao, Lin

publication date

  • July 2017