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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2006
Ronghua Wei, San Antonio, TX (US);
Edward Langa, San Antonio, TX (US);
James H. Arps, San Antonio, TX (US);
Christopher Rincon, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ronghua Wei, San Antonio, TX (US);
Edward Langa, San Antonio, TX (US);
James H. Arps, San Antonio, TX (US);
Christopher Rincon, San Antonio, TX (US);
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a coating and a method of applying such coating that may include nanocrystals of a transition metal compound embedded in an amorphous phase or layered structure of transition metal compounds with an amorphous phase. The transition metal compound may be selected from the group consisting of metal nitrides, metal carbides, metal silicides and combinations thereof. The amorphous matrix may include a ceramic.