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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Applicant:
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HK;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25F 3/02 (2006.01); C25D 3/56 (2006.01); C25D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25F 3/02 (2013.01); C25D 3/56 (2013.01); C25D 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for treating a surface of a metallic structure, the metallic structure being made of a first metallic material; the method including the steps of: (a) bonding an alloy material made of the first metallic material and a second metallic material with the structure; and (b) etching away at least some of the first metallic material from a structure obtained after step (a) so as to obtain a treated structure with an increased specific surface area compared with the metallic structure before treatment.