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US 2009/0260397 A1Published application
Glass Structure Having Sub-Micron and Nano-Size Bandgap Structures and Method For Producing Same
OwnerIvan A. Cornejo, Sasha Marjanovicinventors
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Abstract
A glass structure having sub-micron and nano-size bandgap structures and a method of fabricating the glass structure is provided. A first glass structure having micron-scale features is made and then the first glass structure is drawn into a second glass structure that has sub-micron and nano-sized features that allow the structure to perform as a polarizer for visible and infrared light
Claims13
A method of producing sub-micron or nano-size glass structure comprising the steps of:
- dispensing a glass mixture a layer at a time to create a predetermined structure, the glass mixture containing glass powder and a binder;
- removing at least 75% of the binder from the predetermined structure during the binder burnout process step;
- sintering the predetermined structure to create a first unitary glass structure having a predetermined cross sectional area;
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- drawing the unitary glass structure into a second unitary glass structure, the second unitary glass structure having a cross sectional area at least 10 times smaller than the predetermined cross sectional area of the first unitary glass structure.
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