C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 23 – C
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
23
C
117/81
C23C 14/12 (2006.01) B32B 5/00 (2006.01) C23C 14/20 (2006.01) C23C 14/58 (2006.01) C30B 23/00 (2006.01) C30B 25/00 (2006.01) C30B 33/00 (2006.01) F24J 2/48 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1328784
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to microstructured surfaces. Microstructured surfaces currently in use and the processes used to make them have one or more shortcomings. Some have wide variation in the size distribution or aspect ratio of the microstructure. This variation renders the properties of the microstructured surface difficult to specify, making the surface a poor candidate for optical uses such as absorption or reflectivity. Some microstructures are peculiar to specific substrates, many of which are subject to corrosion. Some microstructured surfaces are opaque to electromagnetic radiation. This limitation precludes their use with transparent media. This invention provides an article comprising a substrate bearing a microlayer which comprises uniformly oriented, crystalline, solid, organic microstructures and a method for preparing said article. The microstructures may be mono- or polycrystalline. In the preferred embodiment, the microstructures are of uniform shape and size. The articles can be prepared by (1) depositing a vapor of an organic compound as a thin, continuous film onto a substrate to provide a composite, and (2) annealing the composite in a vacuum sufficiently such that a physical change is induced in the orginal deposited film to form the microstructures. The microlayer can be overcoated with other materials to provide desired properties to the article. The articles of this invention are useful for many forms of light trapping, energy absorption, imaging, data transmission and storage, and gradient index applications.
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Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
Smart & Biggar
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