Patent ID: 11913591
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  C | IPC B  C  F

Claim 9:
10. A method of fabricating a composite material with adjustable spectral properties comprising:
providing a support substrate;
depositing a first sub-layer of an IR-reflecting material characterized by a planar layer thickness on top of the support substrate such that the first sub-layer of the IR-reflecting material is immediately adjacent to the support substrate and comprises the IR-reflecting material deposited into a continuous featureless layer capable of reflecting IR radiation;
depositing a layer characterized by an elastomer thickness of an IR-transparent elastomeric material characterized by an elastic modulus on top of the deposited IR-reflecting material to form a composite comprising the IR-reflecting material and an IR-transparent elastomeric matrix;
adhering the IR-reflecting material and the IR-transparent elastomeric matrix;
delaminating the composite from the support substrate with application of force, such that the first sub-layer breaks into a plurality of micro-domains comprising IR-reflecting material surrounded by a plurality of spacings comprising the uncoated IR-transparent elastomeric matrix,
to produce a free standing film of the composite material with adjustable spectral properties.