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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen P Conover, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ashok K Sharma, Shahdara, IN;
Assignee:
AMT Holdings, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427576 ; 4272492 ; 427252 ; 42725528 ; 427580 ;
Abstract
A method for preparing thin films of noble metals upon porous substrate surfaces including utilizing plasma polymerization wherein the noble metals are derived from a monomer or comonomer precursor of the noble metal and with the precursor being disposed within a plasma glow zone to convert the precursor to its dissociated form, thereby allowing the substrate to receive a deposit of a substantially continuous noble metal film thereon. A wide variety of noble metals and their alloys may be treated in this fashion, including such noble metals as platinum, ruthenium, gold and certain alloys thereof.