US Patent Issued to MATERION on Feb. 10 for "Aluminum-scandium composite, aluminum-scandium composite sputtering target and methods of making" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,976, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MATERION Corp. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Aluminum-scandium composite, aluminum-scandium composite sputtering target and methods of making" was invented by David Peter Van Heerden (Mayfield Heights, Ohio), Katharine S. Gardinier (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) and Robert S. Bailey (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Al-Sc alloy sputtering target. The target comprising from 1.0 at % to 65 at % scandium and from 35 at % to 99 at % aluminum and having a microstructure including a first aluminum matrix phase and a second phase dispersed uniformly therethrough. The second phase compri...