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Carbon-based thin film, process for producing the same and member using the thin film

CA 2556782 C · Owner: Iwamura, Eiji · Inventors: Iwamura, Eiji

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The present invention provides a novel carbon-based material in which carbons different in property are combined in such a manner as to be applicable to , a device. The carbon-based thin film provides a carbon-based thin film 10 including first phases 1 that contain amorphous carbon and extend in a film thickness direction, and a second phase 2 that contains a graphite structure and , intervenes between the first phases 1. In the thin film at least one selected , from , the group consisting of the following a) to e) is satisfied: a) the second phase , contains more graphite structures per unit volume than the first phases; b) a density of the second phase is larger than that of the …

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  • Filed February 25, 2005 and granted June 4, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 25, 2025.
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FiledFebruary 25, 2005
GrantedJune 4, 2013
Term endedFebruary 25, 2025
Patent numberCA 2556782 C
Classification (IPC)C23C14/00 +1 more

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