TRANSPARENT METALLO-DIELECTRIC COATINGS, STRUCTURES, AND DEVICES, AND METHODS OF FABRICATION THEREOF

摘要

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide metallo- dielectric low-emissivity coatings, structures coated with such low-emissivity coatings, and methods of fabrication thereof. The metallo-dielectric coatings are formed from a visibly-transparent, and heat-reflective, multi-layer structure including an transparent amorphous substrate having a nano-thin metal layer adhered thereto, wherein the nano-thin metal layer is adhered to a transparent amorphous substrate via a transparent dielectric seeding layer. The transparent amorphous dielectric layer may include amorphous carbon. Various example embodiments are disclosed in which such coatings are employed as passive or active devices, such as transparent heat mirrors, transparent resistive heaters for windows and windshields, transparent electromagnetically isolating security films, near invisible radio transceivers and transmitters.