U.S., ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN INVENTORS DEVELOP DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON FILMS
US Fed News
December 9, 2008 Tuesday 6:38 AM EST
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 — Fu-Jann Pern of Golden, Colo., Kenell
J. Touryan of Indian Hills, Colo., Zhozef Retevos Panosyan of Yerevan,
Armenia, and Aleksey Alekseyevich Gippius of Moscow, Russia, have
developed an apparatus for making diamond-like carbon films. The patent
has been assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden.
According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark
Office: "The present invention relates to deposition of diamond-like
carbon films, and more specifically to ion-assisted plasma-enhanced
deposition of diamond-like carbon films for uses including protection
of materials against exposure to harmful agents, for example,
encapsulation of surface of films, such as photovoltaic solar cells
for protection against chemical, mechanical, and radiation damage."
The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,459,188 on Dec. 2.
The original application was filed
on Dec. 2, 2004, and is available at:
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