Ut-battelle, Inc.

Chad M Parish

Orlando Rios

Gerard Michael Ludtka

Lonnie J Love

Ilia N Ivanov

Roger Allen Kisner

Craig A Blue

John B Wilgen

Chad Edward Duty

Tommy Joe Phelps

Michael Z Hu

David Lawrence West

Gail Mackiewicz Ludtka

Boyd Mccutchen Evans

Ronald D Ott

Ji-Won Moon

Gerald Earle Jellison, Jr

Alexander M Melin

Steven Walker

Donald M Nicholson

Athena S Sefat

Charlee J C Bennett

Quanqin Dai

A method of making a single crystal comprises heating a material comprising magnetic anisotropy to a temperature T sufficient to form a melt of the material. A magnetic field of at least about 1 Tesla is applied to the melt at the temperature T, where a magnetic free energy difference &#x394;Gbetween different crystallographic axes is greater than a thermal energy kT. While applying the magnetic field, the melt is cooled at a rate of about 30&#xb0; C./min or higher, and the melt solidifies to form a single crystal of the material.

Iron-based composition for magnetocaloric effect (MCE) applications and method of making a single crystal

A method for producing a film, the method comprising melting a layer of precursor particles on a substrate until at least a portion of the melted particles are planarized and merged to produce the film. The invention is also directed to a method for producing a photovoltaic film, the method comprising depositing particles having a photovoltaic or other property onto a substrate, and affixing the particles to the substrate, wherein the particles may or may not be subsequently melted. Also described herein are films produced by these methods, methods for producing a patterned film on a substrate, and methods for producing a multilayer structure.

Methods for producing complex films, and films produced thereby

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Knoxville, TN, United States of America

Chad M Parish