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Erosion resistant diamond-like nanocomposite coatings for optical components
Assignee: Oerlikon Metaplas GmbH
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Filing: 1995-06-07
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Granted: 1998-02-17
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Expires: 2015-06-07
Abstract
Abstract An erosion resistant coating for optically transmissive substrates formed from a diamond-like nanocomposite structure which contains interpenetrating networks of a diamond-like carbon matrix stabilized by hydrogen, a silicone glass-like network stabilized by oxygen, and optionally, at least one network formed from elements and compounds from groups 1-7b and 8 of the periodic table.
Inventors
- 👤 Veniamin F. Dorfman
- 👤 Arvind Goel
- 👤 Donald J. Bray
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 20:59
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/44; C23C16/455; C23C16/45563; C23C16/45568; A; A61; A61L; A61L27/00; A61L27/28; A61L27/30; A61L27/303; A61L27/306; B; B82; B82Y; B82Y30/00; C04; C04B; C04B41/00; C04B41/45; C04B41/50; C04B41/5001; C04B41/5002; C04B41/80; C04B41/81; C04B41/85; C23C14/00; C23C14/0021; C23C14/0036; C23C14/06; C23C14/0605; C23C14/22; C23C14/221; C23C16/22; C23C16/30; C23C16/448; C23C16/4481; C23C16/4483; C23C16/4485; C23C16/50; C23C16/503; F; F42; F42B; F42B12/00; F42B12/72; F42B12/76; F42B12/80; G; G02; G02B; G02B1/00; G02B1/10; G02B1/14; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/84; G11B5/8408; A61F; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00389; A61F2310/00574; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T50/00; Y02T50/60; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
An erosion resistant material made from an optically transmissive substrate and an erosion resistant coating, said coating made from a class of diamond-like materials formed from interpenetrating networks, said networks comprising a first diamond-like carbon network stabilized by hydrogen, a second silicon network stabilized by oxygen and, optionally, at least one additional network of dopant elements, or compounds containing elements from groups 1-7b and 8 of the periodic table.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
An erosion resistant material made from an optically transmissive substrate and an erosion resistant coating, said coating made from a class of diamond-like materials formed from interpenetrating networks, said networks comprising a first diamond-like carbon network stabilized by hydrogen, a second silicon network stabilized by oxygen and, optionally, at least one additional network of dopant elements, or compounds containing elements from groups 1-7b and 8 of the periodic table.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The material according to claim 1 wherein the carbon, hydrogen, silicon and oxygen are obtained from the decomposition of an organosiloxane having from about 1 to about 10 silicon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
11 words
The material according to claim 2 wherein the organosiloxane is polyphenylmethylsiloxane.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The material according to claim 1 wherein the carbon content is from about 40 wt. % to about 98 wt. %.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The material according to claim 1 wherein the carbon content is from about 50 wt. % to about 98 wt. %.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The material according to claim 1 wherein the carbon to silicon weight ratio is from about 2:1 to about 8:1.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The material according to claim 1 wherein the silicon to oxygen weight ration is from about 0.5:1 to about 3:1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
The material according to claim 1 wherein the dopant elements are selected from the group consisting of B, Li, Na, Si, Ge, Te, 0, Mo, W, Ta, Nb, Pd, Ir, Pt, V, Fe, Co, Mg, Mn, Ni, Ti, Zr, Cr, Re, Hf, Cu, Al, N, Ag, and Au.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
58 words
The material according to claim 1 wherein the carbon content of the solid state material is greater than about 40 atomic % of the coating, the hydrogen content is up to about 40 atomic % of the carbon, and the sum of the silicon, oxygen and dopants together is greater than about 2 atomic % of the coating.
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