ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,011, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).
"Nanopore structures" was invented by Kangguo Cheng (Schenectady, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanopore structures are provided. In one aspect, a nanopore structure includes: an oxide shell surrounding a nanopore, wherein openings on both ends of the nanopore have a diameter D1, and a center of the nanopore has a diameter D2, wherein D1less thanD2. In another aspect, the nanopore structure includes: a first film disposed on a substrate; a second film disposed on the first film; at least one pore extending through the first film and th...