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Photonic Curing
Photonic Curing is the high-temperature thermal processing of a thin film using pulsed light from a flashlamp. When this transient processing is done on a low-temperature substrate such as plastic, paper or glass it is possible to attain a significantly higher temperature than the substrate can ordinarily withstand under an equilibrium heating source such as an oven.
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Publications
This area includes many of our technical publications, including conference papers, patents and patent applications, and technical overviews written for the web site.
Papers
Simulation
Simulating the thermal response of thin films during photonic curing (2012)
Photonic Flash Soldering on Flex Foils for Flexible Electronic Systems (2016)
Photonic curing of sol-gel derived HfO2 dielectrics for organic field-effect transistors (2014)
Processing
Communication—CMOS Thin-Film Transistors via Xe Flash-Lamp Crystallization of Patterned Amorphous Si
Patents
NovaCentrix owns or has licensed a broad body of patents covering photonic curing, conductive inks, and nanoparticle manufacturing. These patents provide intellectual property protection to our core businesses in many locations worldwide.
- 1. 10,244,636 Method and apparatus for curing thin films on low-temperature substrates at high speeds
- 2. 10,150,230 Method for drying thin films in an efficient manner
- 3. 10,011,104 Method for performing delamination of a polymer film
- 4. 9,907,183 Electrical, plating and catalytic uses of metal nanomaterial compositions
- 5. 9,839,139 Method for Reducing Thin Films on Low Temperature Substrates
- 6. 9,743,516 Method for Forming Thin Film Conductors on a Substrate
- 7. 9,643,208 Method and apparatus for curing thin films on low-temperature substrates at high speeds
- 8. 9,631,283 Substrate for Printed Electronics and Photonic Curing Process
- 9. 9,617.193 Method for Manufacturing Energetic Material Composites
- 10. 9,599,397 Light Curing Apparatus Having a Modular Lamp Housing
- 11. 9,494,068 Electrical Plating and Catalytic Uses of Metal Nanomaterial Compositions
- 12. 9,095,871 Method and Apparatus for Curing Thing Films on Low-Temperature Substrates at High Speeds
- 13. 9,006,047 Method for Providing Lateral Thermal Processing of Thin Films on Low-Temperature Substrates
- 14. 8,945,686 Method for Reducing Thin Films on Low Temperature Substrates
- 15. 8,907,258 Apparatus for Providing Transient Thermal Profile Processing on a Moving Substrate
- 16. 8,674,618 Method and apparatus for curing thin films on low-temperature substrates at high speeds
- 17. 8,557,642 Method for Providing Lateral Thermal Processing of Thin Films on Low-Temperature Substrates
- 18. 8,505,427 Ordinance Neutralization Method and Device Using Energetic Compounds
- 19. 8,410,712 Method and Apparatus for Curing Thin Films on Low-Temperature Substrates at High Speeds
- 20. 8,361,257 Laminated Energetic Device
- 21. 8,172,963 Laminated Energetic Device
- 22. 7,820,097 Electrical, Plating and Catalytic Uses of Metal Nanomaterial Compositions
- 23. 7,601,015 Self-Energizing Electrical Connection
- 24. 7,543,170 Equipment Fail Safe Safety System
- 25. 7,477,500 Method and System for Signal and Power Distribution in a Building Housing a Manufacturing Process
- 26. 7,262,384 Reaction Vessel and Method for Synthesizing Nanoparticles using Cyclonic Gas Flow
- 27. 7,220,936 Pulse Thermal Processing of Functional Materials Using Directed Plasma Arc
- 28. 7,126,081 Radial Pulsed Arc Discharge Gun for Synthesizing Nanopowders
- 29. 7,012,214 Nanopowder Synthesis using Pulsed Arc Discharge and Applied Magnetic Field
- 30. 6,965,629 Method and Apparatus for Initiating a Pulsed Arc Discharge for Nanopowder Synthesis
- 31. 6,916,389 Process for Mixing Particulates
- 32. 6,777,639 Radial Pulsed Arc Discharge Gun for Synthesizing Nanopowders
- 33. 6,653,591 Method and apparatus for direct electrothermal-physical conversion of ceramic into nanopowder
- 34. 6,600,127 Method and apparatus for direct electrothermal-physical conversion of ceramic into nanopowder
- 35. 6,580,051 Method and apparatus for producing bulk quantities of nano-sized materials by electrothermal gun synthesis
- 36. 6,503,350 Variable burn-rate propellant
- 37. 6,472,632 Method and apparatus for direct electrothermal-physical conversion of ceramic into nanopowder
- 38. 6,454,886 Composition and method for preparing oxidizer matrix containing dispersed metal particles
- 39. 6,430,920 Nozzleless rocket motor
- 1. 20140154427 Method for Forming Thin Film Conductors on a Substrate
- 2. 20120255192 Method for Drying Thin Films in an Energy Efficient Manner
- 3. 20120216926 Method for Manufacturing Energetic Material Composites
- 4. 20120207941 Method for Forming and Stabilizing Printed Conductors on a Flexible Substrate
- 5. 20120186708 Laminated Energetic Device
- 6. 20120051046 Light Curing Apparatus Having a Modular Lamp Housing
- 7. 20110300676 Method for Providing Lateral Thermal Processing of Thin Films on Low-Temperature Substrates
- 8. 20110262657 Method for Reducing Thin Films on Low Temperature Substrates
- 9. 20110248026 Apparatus for Providing Transient Thermal Profile Processing on a Moving Substrate
- 10. 20110247851 Apparatus for Curing Thin Films on a Moving Substrate
- 11. 20110247851 Apparatus for Curing Thin Films on a Moving Substrate
- 12. 20110038974 Electrical Plating and Catalytic Uses of Metal Nanomaterial Compositions
- 13. 20100098874 Method and Apparatus for Reacting Thin Films on Low-Temperature Substrates at High Speeds
- 14. 20100096049 Laminated Energetic Device
- 15. 20100007285 Method and Apparatus for Curing Thin Films on Low-Temperature Substrates at High Speeds
- 16. 20090301337 Nano-Enhanced Kinetic Energy Particles
- 17. 20090191247 Anti-Viral Uses Of Carbon And Metal Nanomaterial Compositions
- 18. 20090181184 Method for Reducing Thin Films on Low Temperature Substrates
- 19. 20080028922 Ordnance neutralization method and device using energetic compounds
- 20. 20080020304 Electrical, Plating And Catalytic Uses Of Metal Nanomaterial Compositions
- 21. 20080006521 Method for initiating a pulsed arc discharge for nanopowder synthesis
- 22. 20070272664 Carbon and Metal Nanomaterial Composition and Synthesis
- 23. 20060086698 Cyclonic flow reaction vessel
- 24. 20060072277 Method and system for signal and power distribution in a building housing a manufacturing process
- 25. 20060072251 Safety system
- 26. 20060071640 Fast-recovery circuitry and method for a capacitor charging power supply
- 27. 20060071639 Method and circuitry for charging a capacitor to provide a high pulsed power discharge
- 28. 20050195054 Self-energizing electrical connection
- 29. 20050062430 Method and apparatus for initiating a pulsed arc discharge for nanopowder synthesis
- 30. 20050061785 Nanopowder synthesis using pulsed arc discharge and applied magnetic field
- 31. 20050000950 Radial pulsed arc discharge gun for synthesizing nanopowders
- 32. 20030230554 Radial pulsed arc discharge gun for synthesizing nanopowders
- 33. 20020053557 Method and apparatus for producing bulk quantities of nano-sized materials by electrothermal gun synthesis
- 34. 20020046993 Electrothermal gun for direct electrothermal-physical conversion of precursor into nanopowder
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