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Formation and applications of AlCuFe quasicrystalline thin films

US6294030A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1994
Grant dateSep 25, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12736
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Various articles of manufacture, such as electrosurgical scalpels, razor blades, and electronic components, comprise a quasicrystalline AlCuFe alloy film less than about 3000 .ANG. thick, formed by depositing in sequence on a substrate through radio frequency sputtering a stoichiometric amount of each respective alloy material and then annealing those layers to form the film through solid state diffusion.

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