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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2011
David J. Poxson, Troy, NY (US);
Frank W. Mont, Troy, NY (US);
E. Fred Schubert, Troy, NY (US);
Richard W. Siegel, Menands, NY (US);
David J. Poxson, Troy, NY (US);
Frank W. Mont, Troy, NY (US);
E. Fred Schubert, Troy, NY (US);
Richard W. Siegel, Menands, NY (US);
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Troy, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a composite polymer/nanoporous film system and methods of fabrication of tunable nanoporous coatings on flexible polymer substrates. The porosity of the nanoporous film can be tuned during fabrication to a desired value by adjusting the deposition conditions. Experiments show that SiOcoatings with tunable porosity fabricated by oblique-angle electron beam deposition can be deposited on polymer substrates. These conformable coatings have many applications, including in the field of optics where the ability to fabricate tunable refractive index coatings on a variety of materials and shapes is of great importance.