US 12,246,155 B2
Silicon carbide nanoneedles and fabrication thereof
Clint D. Frye, Livermore, CA (US); Mihail Bora, Livermore, CA (US); Adam M. Conway, Livermore, CA (US); Devin Joseph Funaro, Livermore, CA (US); Paulius Vytautas Grivickas, Livermore, CA (US); David L. Hall, San Ramon, CA (US); and Lars F. Voss, Livermore, CA (US)
Assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US)
Filed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/987,121.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040463 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 37/00 (2006.01); B81B 1/00 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 37/0015 (2013.01) [B81B 1/008 (2013.01); B81C 1/00531 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0023 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0053 (2013.01); B81B 2201/055 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A product, comprising:
an elongated carbon-containing pillar having a bottom and a tip opposite the bottom,
wherein the width of the pillar measured 1 nm below the tip is less than 700 nm,
wherein the pillar, when formed, has no oxidation on an outer surface thereof.