US 12,359,072 B2
Pigment including an intermetallic compound
Vladimir P. Raksha, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Cornelis Jan Delst, Fairfax, CA (US); and Paul Thomas Kohlmann, Windsor, CA (US)
Assigned to VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC., Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/192,553.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282094 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. C09C 1/36 (2006.01); C23C 14/24 (2006.01)
CPC C09C 1/36 (2013.01) [C23C 14/24 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pigment, comprising:
a magnetizable reflector layer including an intermetallic compound, wherein the intermetallic compound is a crystal structure of at least two different elemental metals chemically bonded together,
wherein the intermetallic compound is selected from the group consisting of CoAs2, NiSb, ZrNi, Zr2Ni, Zr3Fe, TbAl, Tb2Al, FexSiyAlz (x=85%, y=9%, z=6%), TbxDy1-xFe2 (x˜0.3), AlGd, AlGd2, TbPtGa, La2Co17-xTax in which x is 0.5 or 0.6, HoCo2B2C, GdNi2B2C, ErCo2B2C, and (Y1-xGdx)Ni2B2C; and
wherein the pigment has a structure of: first absorber layer/dielectric layer/the magnetizable reflector layer including an intermetallic compound/dielectric layer/second absorber layer.