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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2013
Applicants:
Smr Patents S.a.r.l., Luxembourgh, LU;
University of South Australia, Adelaide, AU;
Inventors:
Drew Raymond Evans, Mawson Lakes, AU;
Kamil Zuber, Parafield Gardens, AU;
Colin James Hall, Brighton, AU;
Simon David Field, Flagstaff Hill, AU;
Assignees:
SMR Patents S.a.r.l., Luxembourg, LU;
University Of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 15/08 (2006.01); C23C 14/20 (2006.01); C23C 14/22 (2006.01); C23C 14/35 (2006.01); C22C 28/00 (2006.01); C23C 30/00 (2006.01); C23C 28/00 (2006.01); C23C 14/02 (2006.01); C23C 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/205 (2013.01); C23C 14/0015 (2013.01); C23C 14/024 (2013.01); C23C 14/20 (2013.01); C23C 14/228 (2013.01); C23C 14/35 (2013.01); C23C 28/00 (2013.01); C23C 30/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/12 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12569 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12847 (2015.01); Y10T 428/265 (2015.01);
Abstract
A chromium-based reflective coating for a polymeric substrate, wherein the coating has a thickness of 200 nm or less and is an alloy of chromium and a dopant material, the dopant material being selected from the hexagonally close-packed transition metals, the alloy having a crystal structure of a primary body-centered cubic phase in coexistence with a secondary omega hexagonally close-packed phase.