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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2011
Deepak Varshney, San Juan, PR (US);
Vladimir Makarov, San Juan, PR (US);
Gerardo Morell, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Puja Saxena, San Juan, PR (US);
Brad Weiner, Dorado, PR (US);
Deepak Varshney, San Juan, PR (US);
Vladimir Makarov, San Juan, PR (US);
Gerardo Morell, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Puja Saxena, San Juan, PR (US);
Brad Weiner, Dorado, PR (US);
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (US);
Abstract
Novel sprich diamond-like carbon (DLC) nanorod films were fabricated by hot filament chemical vapor deposition technique. The results are indicative of a bottom-up self-assembly synthesis process, which results in a hierarchical structure that consists of microscale papillae comprising numerous nanorods. The papillae have diameters ranging from 2 to 4 μm and the nanorods have diameters in the 35-45 nm range. A growth mechanism based on the vapor liquid-solid mechanism is proposed that accounts for the morphological aspects in the micro- and nano-scales.