Patent ID: 9296183
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B05D,B32B,C03C,C23C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A patterned article, comprising: a substrate; a continuous ultra-thin metal-containing film or film stack disposed on a surface of the substrate; and a plurality of discrete dewetted metal-containing islands disposed on a surface of the continuous ultra-thin metal-containing film or film stack; wherein the plurality of discrete metal-containing dewetted islands have an average height of about 5 nanometers to about 300 nanometers, an average longest lateral cross-sectional dimension of about 10 nanometers to about 1000 nanometers, and are randomly oriented on the surface of the continuous ultra-thin metal-containing film or film stack so as to cover less than or equal to about 0.5 of an area fraction of the surface of the continuous ultra-thin metal-containing film or film stack.