Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Self-sustaining carbon mass or layer with impregnant or...
Patent
1995-05-02
1995-12-26
Turner, Archene
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Self-sustaining carbon mass or layer with impregnant or...
428457, 423446, B05D 306
Patent
active
054786509
ABSTRACT:
Films of nanometer-scale nodules of diamond-bonded carbon structures are disclosed. Such films may be used, for example, to coat objects to improve their resistance to wear. Moreover, because the nanophase diamond films of the present invention are of optical quality, they may be used to coat optical lenses and the like. The nanophase diamond films of the present invention have diamond-like properties, indicating a preponderance of sp.sup.3 bonds within the nodules and a substantial absence of hydrogen and graphite within the nodules. If desired, the nanophase diamond films disclosed herein may be created to have a hardness exceeding that of natural diamond, depending on the quantity of graphite left in the voids between the nodules. The nanophase diamond films of the present invention are also characterized by a low coefficient of friction, by low average internal stress, and by an optical quality capable of providing a visual appearance of Newton's rings of interference.
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Collins Carl B.
Davanloo Farzin
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Turner Archene
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