US 7,611,619 B2
Electrochemical miniaturization of organic micro-and nanostructures
Chad A. Mirkin, Wilmette, Ill. (US); Yi Zhang, Evanston, Ill. (US); and Khalid Salaita, Evanston, Ill. (US)
Assigned to Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. (US)
Appl. No. 10/520,554
PCT Filed Jul. 07, 2003, PCT No. PCT/US03/21220
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 14, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/005582, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 15, 2004.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/394141, filed on Jul. 05, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2006/0081479 A1, Apr. 20, 2006
Int. Cl. C25F 3/00 (2006.01); C25F 1/00 (2006.01); C23C 22/82 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 205—640  [205/674; 205/688; 205/705] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of miniaturizing the size of an organic structure on a substrate comprising applying an electrical potential to the substrate whereby the organic structure is electrochemically desorbed from the outside of the organic structure.