IP Library Granted Patent US 10,777,381
Granted Patent B1
US 10,777,381 · App. 16/536,037 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Beam controlled nano-robotic device

Inventors: Sergei V. Kalinin (Oak Ridge, TN); Stephen Jesse (Oak Ridge, TN); Ondrej E. Dyck (Oak Ridge, TN); Bobby G. Sumpter (Oak Ridge, TN)
Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
H01J37/265B82B3/0076H01J37/28H01J37/317B82Y15/00B82Y40/00
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Patent No.
US 10,777,381
App. No.
16/536,037
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system and method (referred to as a method) to fabricate nanorobots. The method generates a pixel map of an atomic object and identifies portions of the atomic object that form a nanorobot. The method stores those identifications in a memory. The method adjusts an electron beam to a noninvasive operating level and images the portions of the atomic object that form the nanorobot. The method executes a plurality of scanning profiles by the electron beam to form the nanorobot and detects nanorobot characteristics and their surroundings via the electron beam in response to executing the plurality of scanning profiles.

Claims (30)

1. A method a fabricating a nanorobot comprising:

generating a pixel map of an atomic object;

identifying portions of the atomic object that form a nanorobot and storing those identification in a memory;

adjusting an electron beam to a noninvasive operating level and imaging the portions of the atomic object that form the nanorobot;

executing a plurality of scanning profiles by the electron beam to form the nanorobot; and

detecting nanorobot characteristics and their surroundings via the electron beam in response to executing the plurality of scanning profiles.

2. The method of claim 1 where the atomic object comprises a single atom.

3. The method of claim 1 where the nanorobot is about 0.1 to about 0.5 nanometers in length.

4. The method of claim 1 where the pixel map comprises a data structure that describes one or more-pixel images of an atomic object and identifies a crystallographic structure, surface topography, and distribution of vacancies.

5. The method of claim 4 where the pixel map comprises the data structure that describes one or more-pixel images of the atomic object that identifies a plurality of dopant atoms.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising modifying the atomic object before adjusting the electron beam to a noninvasive operating level.

7. The method of claim 6 where the modifying the atomic object comprises forming a plurality of macroscopic contacts on the atomic object.

8. The method of claim 1 further where the electron beam comprises a beam that is about an 0.8 of an Angstrom.

9. The method of claim 1 further where the electron beam comprises a beam that is less than about an 0.8 of an Angstrom.

10. The method of claim 1 where the executing of the scanning profiles comprises wind around a fixed center point of the atomic object that comprises such as a portion of a nanorobot part.

11. The method of claim 1 where the executing of the scanning profiles comprises winding the electron beam around a fixed center point of the atomic object that comprises such as a portion of a nanorobot part.

12. The method of claim 1 where the executing of the scanning profiles comprises rotating the electron beam with an uneven or rocking motion in an X coordinate and a Y coordinate direction.

13. The method of claim 1 where the executing of the scanning profiles comprises adjusting a focal depth of the electron beam so that the electron beam focuses energy on select nanorobot robotic parts below an exposed surface.

14. The method of claim 1 where the detecting nanorobot characteristics and their surroundings comprises integrating a plurality of images to form a virtual reality representation of the nanorobot in real-time.

15. The method of claim 1 where the detecting nanorobot characteristics and their surroundings comprises integrating a plurality of images to form an augmented reality representation of the nanorobot in real-time.

16. The method of claim 1 further comprising inducing robotic movement of the nanorobot via the electron beam.

17. The method of claim 1 further comprising inducing all robotic movement of the nanorobot via the electron beam.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of software instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes:

generating a pixel map of an atomic object;

identifying portions of the atomic object that form a nanorobot and storing those identification in a memory;

adjusting an electron beam to a noninvasive operating level and imaging the portions of the atomic object that form the nanorobot;

executing a plurality of scanning profiles by the electron beam to form the nanorobot; and

detecting nanorobot characteristics and their surroundings via the electron beam in response to executing the plurality of scanning profiles.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 where the atomic object comprises a single atom.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 where the nanorobot is about 0.1 to about 0.5 nanometers in length.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2020
From: KALININ, SERGEI V.; JESSE, STEPHEN; DYCK, ONDREJ E.; SUMPTER, BOBBY G.
To: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
Reel/Frame 052998/0905 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Oct 8, 2019
From: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
To: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Reel/Frame 050652/0203 →