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US 12,270,959 · App. 17/887,689 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Ultrahigh surface area materials and methods of making the same

Inventor: Jay A. Bieber (Tampa, FL)
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
G01T1/36B23K26/0624B23K26/0626B23K26/073B23K26/355B23K26/359G01N23/2273
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Patent No.
US 12,270,959
App. No.
17/887,689
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a surface has a laser-beam machined area including an array of micro-sized conical pillars that are arranged in orthogonal rows and columns across the surface and that extend upward, the conical pillars defining deep troughs between them that are configured to absorb electrons, electromagnetic radiation, or both, the conical pillars tapering from relatively wide bases to pointed tips, the conical pillars comprising outer surfaces that are covered with a plurality of nanoparticles.

Claims (22)

1. An article of manufacture comprising:

a substrate having first and second surfaces;

a surface relief configured as a grid pattern of rows and columns on the first surface, wherein said grid pattern includes an array of micro-sized conical pillars extending from the first surface and troughs defined between said pillars,

and

pluralities of nanoparticles located on said conical pillars.

2. An article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein said substrate is dimensioned as a first cylinder.

3. An article of manufacture according to claim 2 , further comprising a second cylinder substantially co-axial with the first cylinder.

4. An article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the article is configured as an electron spectrometer.

5. An article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein said conical pillars are tapered from corresponding bases at the first surface towards pointed tips thereof.

6. An article of manufacture according to claim 5 , wherein a taper angle of a conical pillar from said array is within a range from approximately 1 degree to approximately 20 degrees.

7. An article of manufacture according to claim 5 , wherein the pointed tips are rounded.

8. An article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the grid pattern is configured as a Faraday cage.

9. An article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the troughs are configured as Faraday cups.

10. An article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the array has a surface density of micro-sized conical pillars from approximately 1.0×10 4 pillars per square centimeter to approximately 1.0×10 8 pillars per square centimeter.

11. An article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein a base of a micro-sized conical pillar of said array has a width in range from approximately 1 micron to approximately 50 microns.

12. An article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the micro-sized conical pillars are spaced from each other along the rows and columns by a distance of 5 microns to 50 microns.

13. An article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein a micro-sized conical pillar of said array has a height in a range from approximately 10 microns to approximately 500 microns.

14. An article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the nanoparticles range in size from approximately 1 nanometer to 1 micron.

15. An article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate and the array of micro-sized conical pillars are configured as a single unitary piece of material.

16. An article of manufacture according to claim 15 , wherein the material includes metal.

17. An article of manufacture according to claim 15 , wherein the material includes a polymeric material.

18. An article of manufacture according to claim 15 , wherein the material includes a ceramic material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2022
From: BIEBER, JAY A.
To: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
Reel/Frame 062225/0443 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16175736 · Oct 30, 2018
Provisional Application 62578881 · Oct 30, 2017
Related Publication 20220390629A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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