Method of producing product including silicon wires

Abstract

A product including a plurality of wires, in which longitudinal directions of the wires are arranged in one direction so that each one of the wires is positioned end to end to one another, and a method of producing the same are disclosed. The longitudinal directions of the plurality of wires each covered with a polymer are arranged in one direction in a solvent, and the plurality of the wires whose longitudinal directions are arranged in one direction is fixed by using the polymer.

1 . A method of producing a product including wires, comprising:
 dispersing the wires, which are covered with a polymer, in a solvent having a polarity opposite to that of the polymer;   arranging directions of the wires so that each one of the wires is positioned end to end to one another; and   fixing the wires whose directions are arranged end to end to one another.   
     
     
         2 . A method of producing a product including wires according to  claim 1 , wherein the process of arranging directions of the wires is a process of applying at least one of an alternating electric field and an alternating magnetic field to the wires. 
     
     
         3 . A method of producing a product including wires according to  claim 1 , wherein the process of fixing the wires is a process of applying thereto one of an ultraviolet ray and an infrared ray or a process of applying heat. 
     
     
         4 . A method of producing a product including wires according to  claim 1 , wherein the polymer has insulating property. 
     
     
         5 . A method of producing a product including wires according to  claim 1 , wherein the wires are scooped up on a substrate from the solvent before the process of fixing the wires. 
     
     
         6 . A method of producing a product including wires according to  claim 1 , wherein the wires are silicon wires. 
     
     
         7 . A method of producing a product including wires according to  claim 1 , wherein the product including wires as set forth in  claim 1  is one of a monolayer wire sheet and a monolayer wire ribbon. 
     
     
         8 . A method of producing a device comprising:
 preparing a wire sheet produced by the method according to  claim 1 ;   preparing a mask having an opening; and   transferring part of the wire sheet onto a desired position using the mask.   
     
     
         9 . A product comprising a plurality of silicon wires, wherein the silicon wires are fixed with one another via a polymer so that each one of the silicon wires is positioned end to end to one another. 
     
     
         10 . A product according to  claim 9 , wherein the silicon wires each have on a surface thereof an oxide film.