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CCHEMISTRY METALLURGY C23Surface treatment C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL C23C16/00Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Cutting tool
- Patent number 12,269,098
- Issue date Apr 8, 2025
- Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
- Susumu Okuno
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Information Patent Grant
Detection chip and modification method therefor
- Patent number 12,269,030
- Issue date Apr 8, 2025
- BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Yudan Yin
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Substrate with fluorinated yttrium coatings, and methods of prepari...
- Patent number 12,270,104
- Issue date Apr 8, 2025
- Entegris, Inc.
- Nilesh Gunda
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Advanced temperature control for wafer carrier in plasma processing...
- Patent number 12,272,575
- Issue date Apr 8, 2025
- Applied Materials, Inc.
- Fernando M. Silveira
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Compositions comprising silacycloalkanes and methods using same for...
- Patent number 12,264,258
- Issue date Apr 1, 2025
- VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
- Raymond N. Vrtis
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Porous nanostructured electrodes for detection of neurotransmitters
- Patent number 12,265,050
- Issue date Apr 1, 2025
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Qing Cao
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Gapfill of variable aspect ratio features with a composite PEALD an...
- Patent number 12,261,038
- Issue date Mar 25, 2025
- Lam Research Corporation
- Hu Kang
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Fluorescent diamond and method for producing same
- Patent number 12,258,507
- Issue date Mar 25, 2025
- Daicel Corporation
- Motoi Nakao
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Grant
Methods for depositing tungsten or molybdenum films
- Patent number 12,252,787
- Issue date Mar 18, 2025
- Entegris, Inc.
- Robert Wright
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Method for producing non-contiguous metal oxide semiconductors, of...
- Patent number 12,255,066
- Issue date Mar 18, 2025
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Pierre-Vincent Guenery
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Method for forming structures including transition metal layers
- Patent number 12,241,158
- Issue date Mar 4, 2025
- ASM IP Holding B.V.
- Paul Ma
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Single crystal composite synthetic diamond material
- Patent number 12,234,570
- Issue date Feb 25, 2025
- ELEMENT SIX (UK) LIMITED
- Andrew Mark Edmonds
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Methods of forming copper iodide layer and structures including cop...
- Patent number 12,234,548
- Issue date Feb 25, 2025
- ASM IP Holding B.V.
- Charles Dezelah
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Polycrystalline ceramic substrate and method of manufacture
- Patent number 12,224,173
- Issue date Feb 11, 2025
- QROMIS, Inc.
- Vladimir Odnoblyudov
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and pattern formatio...
- Patent number 12,222,643
- Issue date Feb 11, 2025
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd
- Chih-Cheng Liu
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Method for etching features using a targeted deposition for selecti...
- Patent number 12,217,955
- Issue date Feb 4, 2025
- Lam Research Corporation
- Wenchi Liu
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Carbon film deposition method and deposition apparatus
- Patent number 12,217,956
- Issue date Feb 4, 2025
- Tokyo Electron Limited
- Yosuke Watanabe
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
System and method for electrically conductive membrane separation
- Patent number 12,214,315
- Issue date Feb 4, 2025
- SiTration, Inc.
- Brendan D. Smith
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Optically-finished thin diamond substrate or window of high aspect...
- Patent number 12,209,306
- Issue date Jan 28, 2025
- II-VI DELAWARE, INC.
- Wen-Qing Xu
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Method for depositing film and film deposition system
- Patent number 12,205,817
- Issue date Jan 21, 2025
- Tokyo Electron Limited
- Hitoshi Kato
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Deposition of organic films
- Patent number 12,205,820
- Issue date Jan 21, 2025
- ASM IP Holding B.V.
- Eva E. Tois
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Batch curing chamber with gas distribution and individual pumping
- Patent number 12,203,171
- Issue date Jan 21, 2025
- Applied Materials, Inc.
- Adib Khan
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Device including a hydrophilic, non-ionic coating for size exclusio...
- Patent number 12,201,975
- Issue date Jan 21, 2025
- Waters Technologies Corporation
- Mathew H. DeLano
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Grant
Defect free germanium oxide gap fill
- Patent number 12,198,936
- Issue date Jan 14, 2025
- Applied Materials, Inc.
- Huiyuan Wang
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
SiO powder production method and spherical particulate SiO powder
- Patent number 12,195,345
- Issue date Jan 14, 2025
- Osaka Titanium Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Kohki Takeshita
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Neural interface device manufacturing method
- Patent number 12,193,821
- Issue date Jan 14, 2025
- Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Timothy James Gardner
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Reflection mode dynode
- Patent number 12,198,915
- Issue date Jan 14, 2025
- ADAPTAS SOLUTIONS PTY LTD
- Toby Shanley
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Deposition of iodine-containing carbon films
- Patent number 12,188,123
- Issue date Jan 7, 2025
- American Air Liquide, Inc.
- Phong Nguyen
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Protection method and device for secondary battery, secondary batte...
- Patent number 12,191,458
- Issue date Jan 7, 2025
- CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
- Ting Li
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Ceramic matrix composite surface roughness
- Patent number 12,180,591
- Issue date Dec 31, 2024
- RTX Corporation
- Ashley A. Smith
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC FILMS
- Publication number 20250118562
- Publication date Apr 10, 2025
- ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
- Eva E. Tois
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
Information Patent Application
HARD MASK LAYER AND FORMATION METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number 20250118569
- Publication date Apr 10, 2025
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Chih-Cheng LIU
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
DEVICE INCLUDING A HYDROPHILIC, NON-IONIC COATING FOR SIZE EXCLUSIO...
- Publication number 20250114786
- Publication date Apr 10, 2025
- WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Mathew H. DeLano
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MEMBRANE SEPARATION
- Publication number 20250114746
- Publication date Apr 10, 2025
- SiTration, Inc.
- Brendan D. Smith
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
FABRICATION METHODS FOR 3D STRUCTURES BASED ON ROLLING-UP KIRIGAMI...
- Publication number 20250109487
- Publication date Apr 3, 2025
- City University of Hong Kong
- Lixin Dong
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
SELECTIVE DEPOSITION
- Publication number 20250109490
- Publication date Apr 3, 2025
- ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
- Krzysztof Kamil Kachel
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
PROTECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BATTERY COMPONENTS, SECONDARY BATT...
- Publication number 20250112345
- Publication date Apr 3, 2025
- CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
- Ting Li
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PR...
- Publication number 20250104998
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- Kokusai Electric Corporation
- Shoma MIYATA
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING
- Publication number 20250105002
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
- Hunter Frost
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEHYDROGENATION CATALYST USING ATOMIC LAYER...
- Publication number 20250101587
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- Yong Min KIM
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCT...
- Publication number 20250101593
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- Kokusai Electric Corporation
- Yukinao KAGA
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
METHODS OF FILLING TRENCHES ON SUBSTRATE SURFACE
- Publication number 20250104999
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
- Alexey Remnev
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM
- Publication number 20250092514
- Publication date Mar 20, 2025
- TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
- Masanobu IGETA
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF FORMING SILICON CARBIDE CONVERSION COAT ON CARBON USING G...
- Publication number 20250092512
- Publication date Mar 20, 2025
- GOODRICH CORPORATION
- STEVEN POTEET
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC POLYMER MATERIAL AND DEPOSITION ASS...
- Publication number 20250092509
- Publication date Mar 20, 2025
- ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
- Bhagyesh Purohit
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
DEPOSITION OF IODINE-CONTAINING CARBON FILMS
- Publication number 20250092518
- Publication date Mar 20, 2025
- American Air Liquide, Inc.
- Phong NGUYEN
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
SiO POWDER PRODUCTION METHOD AND SPHERICAL PARTICULATE SiO POWDER
- Publication number 20250091883
- Publication date Mar 20, 2025
- OSAKA TITANIUM TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
- Kohki TAKESHITA
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF DEPOSITING EPITAXIAL MATERIAL, STRUCTURE FORMED USING THE...
- Publication number 20250084534
- Publication date Mar 13, 2025
- ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
- Amir Kajbafvala
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
INSULATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INSULATING DEVICE
- Publication number 20250087411
- Publication date Mar 13, 2025
- Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Kazuyuki ITO
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING HIGH-ASPECT-RATIO GRATINGS
- Publication number 20250076550
- Publication date Mar 6, 2025
- Modulight Corporation
- Timo Aho
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
INCORPORATING SEMICONDUCTORS ON A POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND SUBSTRATE
- Publication number 20250079188
- Publication date Mar 6, 2025
- Texas State University
- Raju Ahmed
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
GROWTH OF THIN OXIDE LAYER WITH SILICON NITRIDE AND CONVERSION
- Publication number 20250075321
- Publication date Mar 6, 2025
- Applied Materials, Inc.
- Fredrick FISHBURN
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRET MATERIAL
- Publication number 20250075310
- Publication date Mar 6, 2025
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Kenichi OKUMURA
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE SURFACE ROUGHNESS
- Publication number 20250075326
- Publication date Mar 6, 2025
- RTX Corporation
- Ashley A. Smith
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING DEVICE
- Publication number 20250079171
- Publication date Mar 6, 2025
- TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
- Tatsuya MIYAHARA
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
NITROGEN-BASED OXYGEN-FREE DIPOLES, RELATED DEVICES, RELATED SYSTEM...
- Publication number 20250079156
- Publication date Mar 6, 2025
- ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
- Giuseppe Alessio Verni
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
MULTIPLE-CHAMBER REACTOR FOR SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF SILICON NITRID...
- Publication number 20250066921
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
- Ranjit Rohidas Borude
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FILLING A GAP
- Publication number 20250066905
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
- René Henricus Jozef Vervuurt
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
LAMINATE DEVICE WITH METALLIC AND POLYMER LAYERS
- Publication number 20250066570
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- Quantum MicroMaterials, Inc.
- Sung-Chan Jo
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
NANOPARTICLES AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNTHESIZING NANOPARTICLE...
- Publication number 20250058307
- Publication date Feb 20, 2025
- University of Maryland, College Park
- Liangbing HU
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Cutting tool

Detection chip and modification method therefor

Substrate with fluorinated yttrium coatings, and methods of prepari...

Advanced temperature control for wafer carrier in plasma processing...

Compositions comprising silacycloalkanes and methods using same for...

Porous nanostructured electrodes for detection of neurotransmitters

Gapfill of variable aspect ratio features with a composite PEALD an...

Fluorescent diamond and method for producing same

Methods for depositing tungsten or molybdenum films

Method for producing non-contiguous metal oxide semiconductors, of...

Method for forming structures including transition metal layers

Single crystal composite synthetic diamond material

Methods of forming copper iodide layer and structures including cop...

Polycrystalline ceramic substrate and method of manufacture

Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and pattern formatio...

Method for etching features using a targeted deposition for selecti...

Carbon film deposition method and deposition apparatus

System and method for electrically conductive membrane separation

Optically-finished thin diamond substrate or window of high aspect...

Method for depositing film and film deposition system

Deposition of organic films

Batch curing chamber with gas distribution and individual pumping

Device including a hydrophilic, non-ionic coating for size exclusio...

Defect free germanium oxide gap fill

SiO powder production method and spherical particulate SiO powder

Neural interface device manufacturing method

Reflection mode dynode

Deposition of iodine-containing carbon films

Protection method and device for secondary battery, secondary batte...

Ceramic matrix composite surface roughness

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC FILMS

HARD MASK LAYER AND FORMATION METHOD THEREOF

DEVICE INCLUDING A HYDROPHILIC, NON-IONIC COATING FOR SIZE EXCLUSIO...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MEMBRANE SEPARATION

FABRICATION METHODS FOR 3D STRUCTURES BASED ON ROLLING-UP KIRIGAMI...

SELECTIVE DEPOSITION

PROTECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BATTERY COMPONENTS, SECONDARY BATT...

PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PR...

METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEHYDROGENATION CATALYST USING ATOMIC LAYER...

METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCT...

METHODS OF FILLING TRENCHES ON SUBSTRATE SURFACE

SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM

METHOD OF FORMING SILICON CARBIDE CONVERSION COAT ON CARBON USING G...

SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC POLYMER MATERIAL AND DEPOSITION ASS...

DEPOSITION OF IODINE-CONTAINING CARBON FILMS

SiO POWDER PRODUCTION METHOD AND SPHERICAL PARTICULATE SiO POWDER

METHOD OF DEPOSITING EPITAXIAL MATERIAL, STRUCTURE FORMED USING THE...

INSULATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INSULATING DEVICE

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING HIGH-ASPECT-RATIO GRATINGS

INCORPORATING SEMICONDUCTORS ON A POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND SUBSTRATE

GROWTH OF THIN OXIDE LAYER WITH SILICON NITRIDE AND CONVERSION

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRET MATERIAL

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE SURFACE ROUGHNESS

SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING DEVICE

NITROGEN-BASED OXYGEN-FREE DIPOLES, RELATED DEVICES, RELATED SYSTEM...

MULTIPLE-CHAMBER REACTOR FOR SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF SILICON NITRID...

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FILLING A GAP

LAMINATE DEVICE WITH METALLIC AND POLYMER LAYERS

NANOPARTICLES AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNTHESIZING NANOPARTICLE...