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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2006
Zuruzi Abu Samah, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Noel C. Macdonald, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Marcus Ward, Goleta, CA (US);
Martin Moskovits, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Andrei Kolmakov, Buellton, CA (US);
Cyrus R. Safinya, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Zuruzi Abu Samah, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Noel C. MacDonald, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Marcus Ward, Goleta, CA (US);
Martin Moskovits, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Andrei Kolmakov, Buellton, CA (US);
Cyrus R. Safinya, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and device of nanostructured titania that is crack free. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises depositing a Ti film on a surface, depositing a masking layer on the Ti film, etching said masking layer to expose a limited region of the Ti film, the limited region being of an area less than a threshold area, oxidizing the exposed limited region of the Th.ucsbi film, and annealing the exposed limited region of the Ti film.