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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2005
Caroline S. Harris, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Cory D. Steffek, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Scott D. Walck, Allison Park, PA (US);
Caroline S. Harris, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Cory D. Steffek, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Scott D. Walck, Allison Park, PA (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for forming a coated substrate is disclosed. The method comprises depositing an undercoating layer and depositing a functional coating comprising a material which can be present in more than one crystal structure over the undercoating layer, wherein there is a critical deposition thickness at which the functional coating transforms from a first polycrystalline film made up predominantly of the material having a first crystal structure to a second polycrystalline film made up predominantly of the same material having a second crystal structure.