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US 11,493,672 B2Granted
Lamellar particles with functional coating
AssigneeViavi Solutions Inc.
InventorsJaroslaw Zieba, Kelly Janssen, Fred Thomas
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Abstract
There is disclosed a functional lamellar particle including an unconverted portion of the lamellar particle, wherein the unconverted portion includes a first metal, a converted portion of the lamellar particle disposed external to a surface of the unconverted portion, wherein the converted portion includes a chemical compound of the first metal; and a functional coating disposed external to a surface of the converted portion.
Claims19
A functional lamellar particle, comprising:
- an unconverted portion of the lamellar particle, wherein the unconverted portion includes copper or silver;
- a converted portion of the lamellar particle disposed external to a surface of the unconverted portion, wherein the converted portion includes a chemical compound of copper or silver, and wherein the converted portion has a reflectance in a visible range of less than 19.5 percent, a color different from a color of the unconverted portion, and a lightness of less than 45.2;
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- a functional coating disposed external to a surface of the converted portion;
- wherein the functional lamellar particle has a width ranging from 10 microns to 50 microns and a thickness of 0.1 to 2 microns.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.