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Title: Pulse thermal processing of functional materials using directed plasma arc

Abstract

A method of thermally processing a material includes exposing the material to at least one pulse of infrared light emitted from a directed plasma arc to thermally process the material, the pulse having a duration of no more than 10 s.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Knoxville, TN
  2. Kingston, TN
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
909420
Patent Number(s):
7220936
Application Number:
10/903,071
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL B05D - PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Ott, Ronald D, Blue, Craig A, Dudney, Nancy J, and Harper, David C. Pulse thermal processing of functional materials using directed plasma arc. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
Ott, Ronald D, Blue, Craig A, Dudney, Nancy J, & Harper, David C. Pulse thermal processing of functional materials using directed plasma arc. United States.
Ott, Ronald D, Blue, Craig A, Dudney, Nancy J, and Harper, David C. Tue . "Pulse thermal processing of functional materials using directed plasma arc". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/909420.
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Chemical ordering of FePt nanoparticle self-assemblies by rapid thermal annealing
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