Patent ID: 11891683
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 13:
14. A system comprising:
a heating chamber configured to apply a thermal shock to one or more precursors by heating at a first temperature for a first time and subsequently quenching at a cooling rate;
a substrate constructed to have the one or more precursors disposed thereon and configured to move through the heating chamber with the one or more precursors disposed thereon; and
a controller operatively coupled to the heating chamber and the substrate, the controller being configured to control operation of the heating chamber and the substrate to apply the thermal shock to the one or more precursors,
wherein the controller is configured to control the heating chamber such that:
the first temperature of the thermal shock is in a range of 500-3000 K,
the first time is in a range of 1 millisecond to 1 minute, and
the cooling rate is in a range of 10 K/s to 106 K/s, and

the controller is further configured to control movement of the substrate such that quenching of the thermal shock is performed by moving the substrate from the heating chamber.