US Patent Issued to ASM IP Holding on July 14 for "Methods of forming superlattice structures using nanoparticles" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,041, issued on July 14, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Methods of forming superlattice structures using nanoparticles" was invented by Jan Deckers (Kessel-Lo, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for forming structures including a superlattice of silicon-containing epitaxial layers using nanoparticles. Exemplary methods can include forming nanoparticles in situ and depositing the nanoparticles onto a substrate surface to thereby form the epitaxial layers."

The patent was filed on April 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/304,067.

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