Conductive flakes manufactured by combined sputtering and vapor deposition

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APP PUB NO 20040149959A1
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10355373

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A release agent is flash evaporated and deposited onto a support substrate under conventional vapor-deposition conditions and a conductive metal oxide, such as ITO, is subsequently sputtered or deposited by reactive electron beam onto the resulting release layer in the same process chamber to form a very thin film of conductive material. The resulting multilayer product is separated from the support substrate, crushed to brake up the metal-oxide film into flakes, and heated or mixed in a solvent to separate the soluble release layer from the metallic flakes. Thus, by judiciously controlling the deposition of the ITO on the release layer, transparent flakes may be obtained with the desired optical and physical characteristics.

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SIGMA LABORATORIES OF ARIZONA LLC10960 N STALLARD PLACE TUCSON AS 85737

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Mikhael, Michael G Tucson, AZ 33 789
Yializis, Angelo Tucson, AZ 72 2796

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