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US 9,006,644 B2Granted
Monolayer and/or few-layer graphene on metal or metal-coated substrates
AssigneeBrookhaven Science Associates, LLC
InventorsPeter Werner Sutter, Eli Anguelova Sutter
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Abstract
Disclosed is monolayer and/or few-layer graphene on metal or metal-coated substrates. Embodiments include graphene mirrors. In an example, a mirror includes a substrate that has a surface exhibiting a curvature operable to focus an incident beam onto a focal plane. A graphene layer conformally adheres to the substrate, and is operable to protect the substrate surface from degradation due to the incident beam and an ambient environment.
Claims10
A mirror comprising:
- a substrate comprising a thin film of a transition metal deposited on a substrate form, the substrate having a surface exhibiting a curvature operable to focus an incident beam onto a focal plane, wherein the incident beam is chosen from the group consisting of an electron beam, a neutral atomic species beam, and a neutral molecular species beam;
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- a graphene layer conformally adhering to the substrate, the graphene layer operable to protect the substrate surface from degradation due to the incident beam and an ambient environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.