Method for manufacturing a nanostructure in-situ, and in-situ manufactured nanostructure devices

Abstract

A method is for manufacturing a nanostructure in-situ, at least one predetermined point on a supporting carrier. The method includes choosing a suitable material for a substrate in the carrier, creating the substrate, and preparing a template on the substrate so that the template covers the predetermined point. The template is given a proper shape according to the desired final shape of the nanostructure, and a film of nanosource material with desired dimensions is formed on the template. The film of nanosource material is made to restructure from a part of the template, thus forming the desired nanostructure. Suitably, the template includes a first and a second area which have different properties with respect to the nanosource material.

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         29 . A nanostructure device, comprising
 a carrier;   a nanostructure positioned on said carrier, said nanostructure extending along a predetermined path on the carrier;   an aligning structure, which aligns the nanostructure along said predetermined path on the carrier; and   a layer of material positioned on the carrier, said material being a bonding material for attaching the nanostructure to the carrier, with the structure of the bonding material also serving as the aligning structure for the nanostructure.   
     
     
         30 . The device of  claim 29 , wherein the nanostructure is a nanotube. 
     
     
         31 . The device of  claim 29 , wherein the source material for the nanostructure is graphene. 
     
     
         32 . An electronics device, comprising:
 at least a carrier;   at least one component, arranged on the carrier, for conducting electrical current between two predetermined points on the carrier, wherein the at least one component for conducting electrical current between the two predetermined points includes a nanotube, wherein the nanotube consists of at least two different sections with respect to the longitudinal extension of the nanotube, said two sections having different properties for conducting electrical current; and   an aligning structure for aligning said two sections of the a nanotube between said two points on the carrier.   
     
     
         33 . The device according to  claim 32 , additionally comprising a layer of material positioned on the carrier, said material being a bonding material for attaching the nanotube to the carrier. 
     
     
         34 . The device of  claim 33 , wherein the bonding material also serves as the aligning structure of the nanotube. 
     
     
         35 . The device of  claim 32 , wherein the material of the nanotube is graphene. 
     
     
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         42 . The device of  claim 30 , wherein the source material for the nanostructure is graphene. 
     
     
         43 . The device of  claim 33 , wherein the material of the nanotube is graphene. 
     
     
         44 . The device of  claim 34 , wherein the material of the nanotube is graphene.