DAVID ADAM SMITH
Pilots at Quemazon, Los Alamos, NM

5128112, Jul 7, 1992

Apr 2, 1991

7/679487

William G. Van Der Sluys - Missoula MT
Carol J. Burns - Los Alamos NM
David C. Smith - Los Alamos NM

The United States of America as represented by the United States of
Department of Energy - Washington DC

C01G 4300, C01G 5600, C01F 1500

423249

A process of preparing an actinide compound of the formula An. sub. x Z. sub. y wherein An is an actinide metal atom selected from the group consisting of thorium, uranium, plutonium, neptunium, and americium, x is selected from the group consisting of one, two or three, Z is a main group element atom selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen and sulfur and y is selected from the group consisting of one, two, three or four, by admixing an actinide organometallic precursor wherein said actinide is selected from the group consisting of thorium, uranium, plutonium, neptunium, and americium, a suitable solvent and a protic Lewis base selected from the group consisting of ammonia, phosphine, hydrogen sulfide and water, at temperatures and for time sufficient to form an intermediate actinide complex, heating said intermediate actinide complex at temperatures and for time sufficient to form the actinide compound, and a process of depositing a thin film of such an actinide compound, e. g. , uranium mononitride, by subliming an actinide organometallic precursor, e. g. , a uranium amide precursor, in the presence of an effectgive amount of a protic Lewis base, e. g.

5149596, Sep 22, 1992

Oct 5, 1990

7/593839

David C. Smith - Los Alamos NM
Stevan G. Pattillo - Los Alamos NM
Joseph R. Laia - Los Alamos NM
Alfred P. Sattelberger - Los Alamos NM

The United States of America as represented by the United States
Department of Energy - Washington DC

C23C 1618, C23C 1644, B32B 1500

428656

A highly pure thin metal film having a nanocrystalline structure and a process of preparing such highly pure thin metal films of, e. g. , rhodium, iridium, molybdenum, tungsten, rhenium, platinum, or palladium by plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition of, e. g. , rhodium(allyl). sub. 3, iridium(allyl). sub. 3, molybdenum(allyl). sub. 4, tungsten(allyl). sub. 4, rhenium(allyl). sub. 4, platinum(allyl). sub. 2, or palladium(allyl). sub. 2 are disclosed. Additionally, a general process of reducing the carbon content of a metallic film prepared from one or more organometallic precursor compounds by plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition is disclosed.

5834053, Nov 10, 1998

Mar 10, 1997

8/814953

Robert C. Dye - Los Alamos NM
David C. Smith - Los Alamos NM
Christopher N. King - Portland OR
Richard T. Tuenge - Hillsboro OR

The Regents of the University of California - Los Alamos NM

B65D 506

427 66

A crystalline blue emitting thiogallate phosphor of the formula RGa. sub. 2 S. sub. 4 :Ce. sub. x where R is selected from the group consisting of calcium, strontium, barium and zinc, and x is from about 1 to 10 atomic percent, the phosphor characterized as having a crystalline microstructure on the size order of from about 100. ANG. to about 10,000. ANG. is provided together with a process of preparing a crystalline blue emitting thiogallate phosphor by depositing on a substrate by CVD and resultant thin film electroluminescent devices including a layer of such deposited phosphor on an ordinary glass substrate.