Patent ID: 6554609
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: A61L,B01J,B05B,B22F,B29C,B82B,B82Y,C01B,C01F,C01G,C01P,C04B,C08K,G01N,H01C,H01F,H01G,H01L,H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of modifying the performance of an electrical device comprising:providing a device prepared from stoichiometric nanostructured material; converting the stoichiometric nanostructured material into a non-stoichiometric non-equilibrium nanostructured material wherein the act of converting is accomplished by heat treatment of the device in an atmosphere selected from the group consisting of: reducing, oxidizing, nitriding, boronizing, carburizing, and halogenating.