Method of making large area conformable shape structures for detector/sensor applications using glass drawing technique and postprocessing

Abstract

A method of making a large area conformable shape structure comprises drawing a plurality of tubes to form a plurality of drawn tubes, and cutting the plurality of drawn tubes into cut drawn tubes of a predetermined shape. The cut drawn tubes have a first end and a second end along the longitudinal direction of the cut drawn tubes. The method further comprises conforming the first end of the cut drawn tubes into a predetermined curve to form the large area conformable shape structure, wherein the cut drawn tubes contain a material.

1 . A method of making a large area conformable shape structure, comprising:
 drawing a plurality of tubes to form a plurality of drawn tubes;   cutting the plurality of drawn tubes into cut drawn tubes of a predetermined shape, the cut drawn tubes having a first end and a second end along the longitudinal direction of the cut drawn tubes; and   conforming the first end of the cut drawn tubes into a predetermined curve to form the large area conformable shape structure, wherein the cut drawn tubes contain a material.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the material is substantially continuous along the length of the cut drawn tubes. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the material is disposed inside of the tubes before drawing. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the material is disposed inside of the cut drawn tubes after conforming. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the material is disposed via a method selected from the group consisting of infiltration, back-filling, synthesis, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of drawn tubes are cut transversely. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the predetermined shape is a disk. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 bundling the plurality of tubes before drawing.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the bundling, drawing, and cutting steps are repeated at least once. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the respective cut drawn tube has a nanometer size diameter. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the melting point of the material is close to the softening temperature of the tubes. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein conforming the first end of the cut drawn tubes comprises heating and negative shape modeling. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 disposing electrical circuitry on the second end of the cut drawn tubes.