Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Composite – Of inorganic material
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-21
2010-06-08
Blackwell, Gwendolyn (Department: 1794)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Composite
Of inorganic material
C428S697000, C428S398000, C428S699000, C428S701000, C428S704000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07732067
ABSTRACT:
This invention disclosure describes methods for the fabrication of metal oxide films on surfaces by topotactic anion exchange, and laminate structures enabled by the method. A precursor metal-nonmetal film is deposited on the surface, and is subsequently oxidized via topotactic anion exchange to yield a topotactic metal-oxide product film. The structures include a metal-oxide layer(s) and/or a metal-nonmetal layer(s).
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